Keisha
Keisha was the 2738th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 63 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 233rd; the most babies were born in 1977 (1,050). Over the last ten years it has moved up 211 places. More babies were named Keisha in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,738 girls, up 690 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 63girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19771,050 babies
- Total since 1880
- 22,337babies recorded
Keisha popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 44 since 1973.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,738 | 63 |
| 2020 | #3,428 | 45 |
| 2010 | #2,883 | 60 |
| 2000 | #1,375 | 136 |
| 1990 | #397 | 657 |
| 1980 | #279 | 883 |
| 1970 | #449 | 490 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Keisha, counting every spelling?
Keisha is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,692 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,738 for Keisha on its own. Together these spellings went to 105 girls in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Keisha?
63 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Keisha (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Keisha born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 133 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Keisha.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Keisha?
About 21,400 people born in the US named Keisha are alive today, with a median age of 45; half are between 36 and 51. That makes Keisha mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Keisha by state
How common Keisha was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (4.7×). In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Keisha: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Keisha, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Keisha
How popular is the name Keisha?
Keisha was the 2738th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 63 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 233rd; the most babies were born in 1977 (1,050). Over the last ten years it has moved up 211 places. More babies were named Keisha in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Keisha a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Keisha in the US.
Where is Keisha most popular?
In 2021–2025, Keisha was most common in Florida (0.17 per 1,000 girls), followed by Indiana and New Jersey.