Girls' name · since 1980
Keyshonda
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Keyshonda, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 16
- total births
- 1980–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Keyshonda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 16 have been recorded since 1980.
Keyshonda has 16 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1991.
- 16 total births
- 1980–1991 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keyshonda's 16 recorded births place it above 32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keyshonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keyshonda splits its recorded history at 1989: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keyshonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1991
- Peak year (1991)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Keyshonda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Keyshonda's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Keyshonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Keyshonda's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1990s (6) -- 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, 1980–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keyshonda: Baby Name Since 1980 - 16 Births, Peak 1991." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keyshonda. 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 Keyshonda 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.