Girls' name · since 1976
Kinesha
127 babies named Kinesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
127 girls have been named Kinesha since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kinesha recorded 127 times among girls since 1976, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1995.
- #24,495 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 127 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kinesha ranks #24,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kinesha's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kinesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kinesha's full recorded timeline at 1985, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kinesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1995
- Peak year (1977)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Kinesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (52 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Kinesha's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kinesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
29 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 52 births (41% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kinesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1976–1995 (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 Kinesha 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.