Girls' name · since 1974
Kersha
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 31 babies named Kersha, peaking in 1974. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 31
- total births
- 1974–1989
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
Kersha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 31 recorded since 1974.
Kersha has 31 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1989.
- 31 total births
- 1974–1989 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 81% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kersha's 31 recorded births place it above 44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kersha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kersha's full recorded timeline at 1976, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kersha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1989
- Peak year (1974)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Kersha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kersha's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Kersha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 25 births (81% of all-time use).
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- Kersha's decade-level peak was the 1970s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1974–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kersha: Baby Name Since 1974 - 31 Births, Peak 1974." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kersha. 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 Kersha 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.