Girls' name · since 1970
Kessa
Kessa has 443 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 443
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
443 girls have been named Kessa since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kessa has 443 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2023.
- #12,722 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 443 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kessa ranks #12,722 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 443 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 443
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kessa's 443 recorded births place it above 82.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kessa's full recorded timeline at 1999, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2023
- Peak year (2009)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Kessa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (120 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Kessa's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Kessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 46
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
57 births
- 1990s
1990s
87 births
- 2000s
2000s
120 births
- 2010s
2010s
105 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 120 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Kessa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (120 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1970–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Kessa 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 August 2026.