Girls' name · since 1969
Kesa
135 babies named Kesa in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 135
- total births
- 1969–1985
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 70%
- born in that decade
Kesa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 135 have been recorded since 1969.
Kesa has 135 recorded births among girls since 1969, 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 1969 to 1985.
- 135 total births
- 1969–1985 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 70% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kesa's 135 recorded births place it above 67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kesa's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1985
- Peak year (1978)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Kesa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kesa's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Kesa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
94 births
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 94 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Kesa's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 1980s (36) -- 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, 1969–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kesa: Baby Name Since 1969 - 135 Births, Peak 1978." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kesa. 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 Kesa 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.