Girls' name · peaked in 1976
Keisha name popularity since 1925
22,337 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Keisha. Half of them were born in 1981 or earlier, so the typical Keisha is about 45 years old in 2026. Keisha peaked in 1976 as the #233 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,337
- Named Keisha, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,738 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 22,293 girls · 44 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 4.56× its national share
Peak year is the year Keisha made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Keisha births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1977. Measured as a share of all babies, Keisha peaked in 1976.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Keisha became 6× more common, from 1 in 11,400 baby girls to 1 in 1,890.
- Steepest fall: Between 1996 and 2001, its share of baby girls fell by 64%, from 1 in 4,870 to 1 in 13,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Keisha's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Keisha.
Decade by decade
Babies named Keisha in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 904 | 0 | #1,114 |
| 1970s | 8,897 | 34 | #241 |
| 1980s | 6,882 | 10 | #355 |
| 1990s | 3,783 | 0 | #648 |
| 2000s | 971 | 0 | #2,081 |
| 2010s | 518 | 0 | #2,949 |
| 2020–25 | 338 | 0 | #2,738 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
47.7% of babies named Keisha from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Keisha is most popular
The index compares Keisha's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Keisha.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 4.56× | 424 |
| Louisiana | 2.92× | 1,058 |
| Georgia | 1.97× | 1,099 |
| Maryland | 1.85× | 571 |
| North Carolina | 1.73× | 992 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Keisha and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Keisha (this page) | 22,293 | 1976 |
| Kiesha | 2,621 | 1976 |
| Keysha | 1,976 | 1976 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Keisha's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Keisha.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Keisha (1976).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data