Kisha — #12343 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,652 babies named Kisha between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kisha currently holds the #12343 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 478 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 3,811 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,005 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Kisha in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kisha 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 6,652 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.