Girls' name · since 1979
Keshana
193 babies named Keshana in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 193
- total births
- 1979–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Keshana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 193 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Keshana recorded 193 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2004.
- 193 total births
- 1979–2004 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keshana's 193 recorded births place it above 72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Keshana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keshana's SSA record in two at 1992 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 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keshana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2004
- Peak year (1996)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2004.
193 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 18 births in a single year.
Keshana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Keshana's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Keshana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
107 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 107 births (55% of all-time use).
Keshana decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Keshana by state
Where Keshana concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 6 | 3.1% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
6 of 193 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 3.1% of nationwide
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Keshana's decade-level peak was the 1990s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Keshanas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
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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, 1979–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keshana: Baby Name Since 1979 - 193 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keshana. 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 Keshana 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.
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