Girls' name · since 1979
Ketsia
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 256 babies named Ketsia, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 256
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ketsia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 256 recorded since 1979.
Ketsia has 256 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2024.
- #17,378 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 256 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ketsia ranks #17,378 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 256 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 256
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ketsia's 256 recorded births place it above 75.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Ketsia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ketsia's full recorded timeline at 2003, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ketsia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2024
- Peak year (1987)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Ketsia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (69 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Ketsia's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Ketsia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 69 births (27% of all-time use).
Ketsia by state
Where Ketsia concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 4.3% |
11 of 256 births nationwide.
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What to do with Ketsia's data
- Ketsia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Ketsias (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ketsia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1979–2024 (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 Ketsia 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.