Kieshawn — boys' name
40 babies named Kieshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
40 boys have been named Kieshawn since 1998, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2008.
- 40
- total births
- 1998–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 80%
- born in that decade
80% of everyone ever named Kieshawn was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kieshawn in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kieshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Kieshawn between 1998 and 2008, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kieshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kieshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kieshawn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kieshawn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 40 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kieshawn at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kieshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1998
- Peak year (2003)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
40 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 9 births in a single year.
Kieshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 32 births that decade — 80% of Kieshawn's all-time total
Kieshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kieshawn's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.