Kesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-sha
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Kesha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Kesha mean?
Modern: spelling of Keisha
A spelling of Keisha, a modern American name possibly derived from Keziah.
Is Kesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Kesha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kesha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kesha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Kesha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Kesha, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1974, with 320 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Kesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Kesha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Kesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 62 | #2,147 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,826 |
| 1991 | 91 | #1,636 |
| 1990 | 117 | #1,352 |
| 1989 | 124 | #1,264 |
| 1988 | 124 | #1,209 |
| 1987 | 131 | #1,132 |
| 1986 | 124 | #1,150 |
| 1985 | 135 | #1,077 |
| 1984 | 102 | #1,255 |
| 1983 | 139 | #1,015 |
| 1982 | 173 | #886 |
| 1981 | 191 | #825 |
| 1980 | 213 | #772 |
| 1979 | 251 | #682 |
| 1978 | 267 | #628 |
| 1977 | 309 | #569 |
| 1976 | 313 | #549 |
| 1975 | 304 | #556 |
| 1974 | 320 | #524 |
| 1973 | 293 | #561 |
| 1972 | 238 | #641 |
| 1971 | 228 | #677 |
| 1970 | 145 | #906 |
| 1969 | 87 | #1,193 |
| 1968 | 74 | #1,279 |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,039 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,982 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
Names like Kesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krisha, Kridha, Priya, Viha, Prisha, Kavya, Pranshi, Kriva, Radhika, Risha, Krishvi, Kashvi
Other spellings of Kesha
Names related to Kesha
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, “Kesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kesha, updated 20 October 2026.