Camesha — girls' name
457 babies named Camesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Camesha was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Camesha in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Camesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 457 babies named Camesha between 1971 and 2005, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Camesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Camesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Camesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Camesha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Camesha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 457 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Camesha at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Camesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1971
- Peak year (1978)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
457 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 26 births in a single year.
Camesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 159 births that decade — 35% of Camesha's all-time total
Camesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 159 births
- Runner-up 153 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Camesha's strongest decade
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Camesha by state
Where Camesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
- New York 1.1% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.