Girls' name · since 1972
Keish
11 babies named Keish in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 11
- total births
- 1972–1979
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
11 girls have been named Keish since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Keish recorded 11 times among girls since 1972, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1979.
- 11 total births
- 1972–1979 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keish's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keish splits its recorded history at 1979: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keish popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Keish by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Keish's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Keish births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 1972–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keish: Baby Name Since 1972 - 11 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keish. 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 Keish 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.