Recorded 1979–1999 Girls' name Peak 1990 175 births

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.

1970s51980s721990s98
1990s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Kiosha was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

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 1999

Total births

175

Since 1979

21 years of records

Peak year

1990

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1999

Active since

1979

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 1999

Kiosha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1979

Last recorded 1999
Peak year (1990)
19
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
05101520 19991996199319901987198419801979 5

Kiosha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
98 births that decade — 56% of Kiosha's all-time total
1970s51980s721990s98

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kiosha?
175 babies have been named Kiosha since 1979. It was last recorded in 1999. The peak year was 1990 with 19 births.
When was Kiosha most popular?
Kiosha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 98 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
How long has the name Kiosha been used?
Kiosha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 21 years of data through 1999.
What names are similar to Kiosha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kiona, Kionna, Kior, Kiora, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.