Kaysha — #12365 US girls' name
1,290 babies named Kaysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Kaysha was born in this single decade.
60 babies were named Kaysha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaysha
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,290 babies named Kaysha between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaysha currently holds the #12365 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 60 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaysha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 476 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kaysha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaysha in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaysha 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 1,290 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.
Kaysha at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (1991)
- 60
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #12365 among girls.
1,290 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 60 births in a single year.
Kaysha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 476 births that decade — 37% of Kaysha's all-time total
Kaysha decade highlights
- Peak decade 476 births
- Runner-up 346 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kaysha's strongest decade
476 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Kaysha by state
Where Kaysha concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 18 | 1.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 17 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Utah | | 5 | 0.4% |
37 of 1,290 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.9% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.3% of nationwide
- Florida 0.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.9% 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, 1968–2024 (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.