Girls' name · since 1972
Kimesha
322 babies named Kimesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 322
- total births
- 1972–2000
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
Kimesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 322 have been recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimesha has been recorded 322 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2000.
- 322 total births
- 1972–2000 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kimesha's 322 recorded births place it above 79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kimesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kimesha splits its recorded history at 1986: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kimesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2000
- Peak year (1978)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kimesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kimesha's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kimesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
69 births
- 1980s
1980s
136 births
- 1990s
1990s
109 births
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 136 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Kimesha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 8 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, 1972–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kimesha: Baby Name Since 1972 - 322 Births, Peak 1978." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kimesha. 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 Kimesha 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.