Kesha
Kesha was the 12557th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 524th with 320 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,206 places. More babies were named Kesha in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,557 girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1974320 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,253babies recorded
Kesha popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1979.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,557 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2010 | #8,981 | 13 |
| 2000 | #6,998 | 15 |
| 1990 | #1,361 | 117 |
| 1980 | #774 | 213 |
| 1970 | #907 | 145 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kesha, counting every spelling?
Kesha is the most common spelling of a name family that had 12 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 12 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kesha | 7 | #12,557 | 27 |
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 Kesha?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kesha (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kesha 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 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kesha.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kesha?
About 5,000 people born in the US named Kesha are alive today, with a median age of 48; half are between 40 and 52. That makes Kesha 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kesha: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kesha, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kesha
How popular is the name Kesha?
Kesha was the 12557th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 524th with 320 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,206 places. More babies were named Kesha in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Kesha a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kesha in the US.