Kaysha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-shuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Kaysha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
Where does Kaysha come from?
Modern: variant of Keisha, perhaps from Keziah
Is Kaysha a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaysha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaysha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaysha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Kaysha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 17 | #1,227 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Kaysha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,351st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Kaysha, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1991, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had more girls named Kaysha than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Kaysha in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaysha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,813 |
| 1999 | 57 | #2,498 |
| 1998 | 57 | #2,426 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,710 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 60 | #2,183 |
| 1990 | 52 | #2,369 |
| 1989 | 54 | #2,217 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
Names like Kaysha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Summer, Hiba, Khadija, Zainab, Hafsa, Faiza, Salma, Huda, Aysha, Aaliyah, Rahma
Names related to Kaysha
Kaisha, Kaysie, Kasha, Kyesha, Keysha, Keyshia, Kasiyah, Kaysi, Kashia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kaysha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaysha, updated 20 October 2026.