Keisa — girls' name
391 babies named Keisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
391 girls have been named Keisa since 1966, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1993.
- 391
- total births
- 1966–1993
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Keisa was born in this single decade.
65 babies were named Keisa in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Keisa between 1966 and 1993, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 65 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keisa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 269 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Keisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Keisa in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keisa 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 391 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.
Keisa at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1966
- Peak year (1976)
- 65
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
391 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 65 births in a single year.
Keisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 269 births that decade — 69% of Keisa's all-time total
Keisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 269 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Keisa's strongest decade
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
Keisa by state
Where Keisa concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 48 | 12.3% |
| #2 | California | | 17 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 15 | 3.8% |
| #4 | District of Columbia | | 7 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 7 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.3% |
48 of 391 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 12.3% of nationwide
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.8% of nationwide
- District of Columbia 1.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 12.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Keisa appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1966–1993 (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.