Girls' name · since 1985
Kellisha
Kellisha has 33 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 33
- total births
- 1985–1997
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
Kellisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 33 recorded since 1985.
Kellisha has 33 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1997.
- 33 total births
- 1985–1997 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 64% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kellisha's 33 recorded births place it above 45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kellisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kellisha's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kellisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1997
- Peak year (1989)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Kellisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kellisha's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Kellisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 21 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Kellisha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 1990s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1985–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kellisha: Baby Name Since 1985 - 33 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kellisha. 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 Kellisha 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.