Kimisha — girls' name
181 babies named Kimisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
181 girls have been named Kimisha since 1977, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1996.
- 181
- total births
- 1977–1996
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Kimisha was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Kimisha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kimisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Kimisha between 1977 and 1996, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kimisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kimisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kimisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kimisha 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 181 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.
Kimisha at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kimisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1977
- Peak year (1980)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
181 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 19 births in a single year.
Kimisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 109 births that decade — 60% of Kimisha's all-time total
Kimisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kimisha's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% 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, 1977–1996 (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.