Katesha — girls' name
177 babies named Katesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
177 girls have been named Katesha since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1996.
- 177
- total births
- 1972–1996
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Katesha was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Katesha in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 177 babies named Katesha between 1972 and 1996, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Katesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katesha 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 177 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.
Katesha at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1972
- Peak year (1978)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
177 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 17 births in a single year.
Katesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 77 births that decade — 44% of Katesha's all-time total
Katesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Katesha's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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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, 1972–1996 (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.