How rare is the name Kesha?

5,006 people in the United States have the first name Kesha, about 1 in 60,334. It ranks #3,903 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KESHA

#3,903

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,006
About
1 in 60,334
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,006 people named Kesha, 69.3% reported their origin as Black, 18.6% as White and 4.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kesha peaked in 1974, when 320 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
1974
Births that year
320
In 2025*
7 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,253 babies have been given the name since 1964. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kesha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,104. The largest share of babies named Kesha, 59.9%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1960s#3,664276
1970s#1,1042,673
1980s#1,7481,456
1990s#3,716615
2000s#14,040125
2010s#19,08481
2020s#24,04827
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–8059.9%
Millennials 1981–9633.6%
Generation Z 1997–124.8%
2013 and later1.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kesha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kesha has been most common in District of Columbia (4.6×), North Carolina (2.9×), and Georgia (2.6×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.35×).

3,691 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kesha

#3,899 Zina · 5,009#3,902 Rhianna · 5,007#3,904 Maynard · 5,005#3,905 Antionette · 5,004

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kesha, most common first.

#1,503 Keisha · 22,143#4,052 Keshia · 4,786#6,734 Keesha · 2,348#8,108 Keysha · 1,805#9,700 Keosha · 1,418#13,720 Kesia · 874#18,057 Keasha · 601#23,382 Kessa · 419

Compare