Girls' name · since 1979
Keshonda
Keshonda has 157 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 157
- total births
- 1979–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Keshonda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 157 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Keshonda recorded 157 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.
- 157 total births
- 1979–2004 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keshonda's 157 recorded births place it above 69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keshonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keshonda's full recorded timeline at 1992, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keshonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2004
- Peak year (1996)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Keshonda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Keshonda's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Keshonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 84 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Keshonda's decade-level peak was the 1990s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2000s -- 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, 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. "Keshonda: Baby Name Since 1979 - 157 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keshonda. 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 Keshonda 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.