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Keisha

Girl · KEE-shuh · Modern

Keisha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,719th for girls in the US (63 babies).

Where does Keisha come from?

Modern: modern American name, perhaps from Keziah

Say it
KEE-shuh

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Is Keisha a girl's or a boy's name?

Keisha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 63 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Keisha in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Keisha, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 127 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Keisha since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Keisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 127 in 20062025
Keisha in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20248#3,076
202311#2,481
20228#3,050
20219#2,846
20206#3,630
201910#2,590
20187#3,344
20178#3,102
201611#2,510
201511#2,458
201417#1,810
201329#1,261
201234#1,104
201147#844
201057#705
200980#539
2008123#395
2007118#391
2006127#367
200581#490
200498#414
200374#493
200265#509
200156#564
200046#635
199944#640
199853#567
199737#733
199637#699

How popular is Keisha in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,719among girls
Babies in 2025
63about 1 in 26,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 62% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 63 girls in the US were named Keisha, making it the 2,719th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 1,050 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.

Half of all the girls named Keisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 74 girls in the US were given Keisha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,073, up from #2,719 for this spelling alone.

1961Busiest: 1,050 in 19772025
Keisha in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202563#2,719
202469#2,559
202370#2,517
202242#3,651
202149#3,250
202045#3,399
201944#3,498
201836#4,000
201737#3,995
201627#4,989
201559#2,927
201451#3,182
201370#2,533
201261#2,831
201173#2,482
201060#2,869
200951#3,251
200886#2,267
200776#2,457
2006103#1,939
200590#2,072
200495#1,961
200376#2,240
2002125#1,509
2001133#1,421
2000136#1,367
1999169#1,152
1998200#997
1997259#802
1996360#625
1995333#648
1994361#615
1993396#593
1992458#517
1991590#429
1990657#397
1989710#361
1988651#371
1987752#324
1986733#330
1985666#355
1984519#409
1983582#381
1982666#352
1981720#329
1980883#279
1979938#257
1978984#246
19771,050#237
19761,027#233
19751,015#241
1974979#257
1973963#259
1972804#303
1971647#367
1970490#448
1969330#541
1968184#720
1967145#833
196689#1,119
196590#1,109
196448#1,666
19637#5,295
19625#6,577
19616#5,850

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