# Keisha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keisha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkiːʃə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Keesha |
| US babies named this | 22,337 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 44 / 22,293 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,242, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 73 | 2,497 |
| 2012 | 61 | 2,848 |
| 2013 | 70 | 2,549 |
| 2014 | 51 | 3,207 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,949 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,066 |
| 2017 | 37 | 4,035 |
| 2018 | 36 | 4,036 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,531 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3,428 |
| 2021 | 49 | 3,273 |
| 2022 | 42 | 3,682 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2,537 |
| 2024 | 69 | 2,577 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,738 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 | 5,486 |
| 1974 | 9 | 3,709 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,287 |
| 1979 | 7 | 5,119 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,775 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,594 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 841 |
| 2012 | 33 | 1,058 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,220 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Keisha

- Keisha Lance Bottoms, American politician (born 1970)
- Keisha Buchanan, British singer
- Keisha Grey, American pornographic actress
- Keisha Hampton, American basketball player
- Keisha Fatimah Az-Zahra, Azerbaijani badminton player
- Keisha White, English R&B singer
- Keyshia Cole, American R&B singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.