Girls' name · since 1975
Kemisha
168 babies named Kemisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 168
- total births
- 1975–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Kemisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 168 have been recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Kemisha recorded 168 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1999.
- 168 total births
- 1975–1999 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kemisha's 168 recorded births place it above 70% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kemisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kemisha splits its recorded history at 1986: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kemisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1999
- Peak year (1987)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kemisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kemisha's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kemisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
84 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 84 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Kemisha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 1990s (50) -- 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, 1975–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kemisha: Baby Name Since 1975 - 168 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kemisha. 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 Kemisha 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.