Kiosha — girls' name
175 babies named Kiosha in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Kiosha was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Kiosha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiosha
The Social Security Administration has registered 175 babies named Kiosha between 1979 and 1999, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiosha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiosha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kiosha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiosha 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 175 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.
Kiosha at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiosha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1979
- Peak year (1990)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
175 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 19 births in a single year.
Kiosha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 98 births that decade — 56% of Kiosha's all-time total
Kiosha decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kiosha's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 1979–1999 (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.