Girls' name · since 1979
Keesa
Keesa has 27 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,271 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Keesa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 27 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Keesa recorded 27 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1985.
- #42,271 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keesa ranks #42,271 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #42,271 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Keesa's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keesa's full recorded timeline at 1982, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1985
- Peak year (1980)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Keesa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (22 births, 81% of the file).
1980s was Keesa's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Keesa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 22 births (81% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keesa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 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, 1979–1985 (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 Keesa 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.