How popular is the name Keisha?

Keisha ranks 862nd among girls' names in US records, with 22,516 births since 1961. Over the past decade it accounts for 478.

Is Keisha a unisex name?

No. Keisha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1977, when 1,050 children were given the name. It has been in use for 64 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#862 of girl names

Pronounced K EH1 IH0 Z HH AA1 (ARPABET)

Keisha is a girls' name, and first appears in 1961. It has been given to 22,516 children — the 862nd most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 478 births across the past decade, against a peak of 1,050 in a single year. That peak was in 1977.

1977Girls: 1,050Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Keisha?: Keisha ranks 862nd among girls' names in US records, with 22,516 births since 1961. Over the past decade it accounts for 478.
Is Keisha a unisex name?: No. Keisha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Keisha most popular?: 1977, when 1,050 children were given the name. It has been in use for 64 years and is still recorded as of 2024.