Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kesha

#2,402 most common girls' name of all time · #4,084 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1964–2025

Rank among girls
#2,402
Rank overall
#4,084 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
5,253
Since 2016
53
Peak year
1974 #524
Best rank
#524 1974
Girls Boys peak 320/yr
198020002020

Kesha first appears in 1964. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 — 7 #12,165
2024 6 — 6 #13,797
2023 9 — 9 #10,513
2022 5 — 5 #15,728
2018 10 — 10 #9,981
2017 7 — 7 #12,962
2016 9 — 9 #11,050
2015 7 — 7 #13,253
2014 6 — 6 #14,900
2013 9 — 9 #11,205
2012 8 — 8 #12,445
2011 12 — 12 #9,286
2010 13 — 13 #8,846
2009 5 — 5 #17,738
2008 11 — 11 #10,240
2007 10 — 10 #10,989
2006 6 — 6 #15,499
2005 9 — 9 #11,130
2004 16 — 16 #7,150
2003 11 — 11 #9,182
2002 21 — 21 #5,512
2001 21 — 21 #5,433
2000 15 — 15 #6,923
1999 26 — 26 #4,364
1998 29 — 29 #3,959
1997 40 — 40 #3,003
1996 50 — 50 #2,539
1995 62 — 62 #2,172
1994 60 — 60 #2,220
1993 62 — 62 #2,163
1992 78 — 78 #1,835
1991 91 — 91 #1,647
1990 117 — 117 #1,361
1989 124 — 124 #1,275
1988 124 — 124 #1,215
1987 131 — 131 #1,133
1986 124 — 124 #1,155
1985 135 — 135 #1,080
1984 102 — 102 #1,259
1983 139 — 139 #1,017
1982 173 — 173 #889
1981 191 — 191 #828
1980 213 — 213 #777
1979 251 5 256 #684
1978 267 — 267 #628
1977 309 — 309 #569
1976 313 — 313 #551
1975 304 — 304 #558
1974 320 — 320 #524
1973 293 — 293 #563
1972 238 — 238 #641
1971 228 — 228 #679
1970 145 — 145 #909
1969 87 — 87 #1,200
1968 74 — 74 #1,290
1967 33 — 33 #2,078
1966 34 — 34 #2,020
1965 34 — 34 #2,030
1964 14 — 14 #3,690