Keisha
#978 most common girls' name of all time · #1,759 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1961–2025
Rank among girls
#978
Rank overall
#1,759 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
22,337
Since 2016
482
Peak year
1977 #237
Best rank
#233 1976
Girls
Boys
peak 1,050/yr
Keisha first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,732 |
| 2024 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,571 |
| 2023 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2022 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,668 |
| 2021 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,269 |
| 2020 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,415 |
| 2019 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,522 |
| 2018 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,024 |
| 2017 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,016 |
| 2016 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,040 |
| 2015 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,938 |
| 2014 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,201 |
| 2013 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,549 |
| 2012 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,842 |
| 2011 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,491 |
| 2010 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,882 |
| 2009 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,273 |
| 2008 | 86 | — | 86 | #2,280 |
| 2007 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,466 |
| 2006 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,950 |
| 2005 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,080 |
| 2004 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,968 |
| 2003 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,252 |
| 2002 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,515 |
| 2001 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,423 |
| 2000 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,375 |
| 1999 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,157 |
| 1998 | 200 | — | 200 | #1,002 |
| 1997 | 259 | — | 259 | #802 |
| 1996 | 360 | — | 360 | #625 |
| 1995 | 333 | — | 333 | #648 |
| 1994 | 361 | — | 361 | #617 |
| 1993 | 396 | — | 396 | #593 |
| 1992 | 458 | — | 458 | #519 |
| 1991 | 590 | — | 590 | #430 |
| 1990 | 657 | — | 657 | #397 |
| 1989 | 710 | 5 | 715 | #363 |
| 1988 | 651 | — | 651 | #371 |
| 1987 | 752 | — | 752 | #324 |
| 1986 | 733 | — | 733 | #330 |
| 1985 | 666 | — | 666 | #355 |
| 1984 | 519 | — | 519 | #410 |
| 1983 | 582 | — | 582 | #381 |
| 1982 | 666 | — | 666 | #352 |
| 1981 | 720 | — | 720 | #330 |
| 1980 | 883 | 5 | 888 | #279 |
| 1979 | 938 | 7 | 945 | #257 |
| 1978 | 984 | — | 984 | #246 |
| 1977 | 1,050 | — | 1,050 | #237 |
| 1976 | 1,027 | 6 | 1,033 | #233 |
| 1975 | 1,015 | 7 | 1,022 | #241 |
| 1974 | 979 | 9 | 988 | #257 |
| 1973 | 963 | 5 | 968 | #259 |
| 1972 | 804 | — | 804 | #303 |
| 1971 | 647 | — | 647 | #367 |
| 1970 | 490 | — | 490 | #449 |
| 1969 | 330 | — | 330 | #542 |
| 1968 | 184 | — | 184 | #722 |
| 1967 | 145 | — | 145 | #842 |
| 1966 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,128 |
| 1965 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,120 |
| 1964 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,685 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,841 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,393 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,526 |