Girls' name · since 1977
Kalesha
272 babies named Kalesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,775 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 272
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kalesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 272 have been recorded since 1977.
Kalesha has 272 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2006.
- #16,775 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 272 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalesha ranks #16,775 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 272 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,775 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 272
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kalesha's 272 recorded births place it above 76.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kalesha's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kalesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2006
- Peak year (1992)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kalesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (122 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Kalesha's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Kalesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s
1990s
122 births
- 2000s 38
2000s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 122 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Kalesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (122 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kalesha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.