How Many People Are Named Keisha?
people named Keisha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,945 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,337 babies named Keisha in Social Security records from 1961 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,050 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Recent coinage, possibly invented, possibly based on KEZIAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Keisha (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Keisha alive today is about 41 years old, and 86% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Keisha first appears in the records in 1961 and was given most often in 1977, to 1,050 babies. In 2025, 63 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Keisha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #233, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #2,738.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,738 |
| Best rank | #233 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #289 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Keisha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Keisha were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,313 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Keisha was given 5.3 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.8 times in Louisiana and 2.2 times in Georgia.
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