Girls' name · since 1966
Keisa
Keisa has 391 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 391
- total births
- 1966–1993
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
Keisa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 391 have been recorded since 1966.
Keisa has 391 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1993.
- 391 total births
- 1966–1993 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 69% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keisa's 391 recorded births place it above 81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
Keisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keisa's full recorded timeline at 1978, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 65 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1993
- Peak year (1976)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Keisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Keisa's strongest decade.
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Keisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
269 births
- 1980s 90
1980s
90 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 269 births (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.
Keisa appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Keisa's data
- Keisa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (269 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Keisas (48 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1966–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keisa: Baby Name Since 1966 - 391 Births, Peak 1976." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keisa. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Keisa 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 July 2026.