Keesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-sha
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Keesha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Keesha mean?
Modern: spelling of Kesha, itself a spelling of Keisha
A spelling of Keisha, a modern American name possibly derived from Keziah.
Meaning borrowed from Kesha.
Is Keesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Keesha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keesha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keesha in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Keesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Keesha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Keesha, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1977, with 164 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Keesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Keesha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Keesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,927 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,253 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,993 |
| 1988 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 1987 | 106 | #1,301 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,571 |
| 1985 | 76 | #1,574 |
| 1984 | 79 | #1,459 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,585 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,489 |
| 1981 | 102 | #1,261 |
| 1980 | 116 | #1,161 |
| 1979 | 119 | #1,125 |
| 1978 | 120 | #1,087 |
| 1977 | 164 | #878 |
| 1976 | 125 | #1,005 |
| 1975 | 144 | #905 |
| 1974 | 142 | #896 |
| 1973 | 139 | #897 |
| 1972 | 132 | #928 |
| 1971 | 120 | #1,026 |
| 1970 | 64 | #1,526 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
Names like Keesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krisha, Kridha, Priya, Tanisha, Kriva, Isha, Viha, Radhika, Risha, Sasha, Kavya, Shreeja
Other spellings of Keesha
Names related to Keesha
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, “Keesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keesha, updated 20 October 2026.