Kemisha — girls' name
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.
The verdict
168 girls have been named Kemisha since 1975, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1999.
- 168
- total births
- 1975–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Kemisha was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Kemisha in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kemisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Kemisha between 1975 and 1999, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kemisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kemisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kemisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kemisha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 168 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kemisha at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kemisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1975
- Peak year (1987)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
168 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 12 births in a single year.
Kemisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 84 births that decade — 50% of Kemisha's all-time total
Kemisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kemisha's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.