Girls' name · since 1976
Kemesha
73 babies named Kemesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 73
- total births
- 1976–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
Kemesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 73 recorded since 1976.
Kemesha has 73 recorded births among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 1991.
- 73 total births
- 1976–1991 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kemesha's 73 recorded births place it above 58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kemesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kemesha's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kemesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1991
- Peak year (1983)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Kemesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kemesha's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Kemesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 39 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Kemesha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 1990s (19) -- 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, 1976–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kemesha: Baby Name Since 1976 - 73 Births, Peak 1983." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kemesha. 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 Kemesha 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.