Girls' name · since 1978
Kyeshia
129 babies named Kyeshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kyeshia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 129 have been recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Kyeshia recorded 129 times among girls since 1978, 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 1978 to 1999.
- #24,327 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 129 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyeshia ranks #24,327 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kyeshia's 129 recorded births place it above 66.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kyeshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kyeshia's full recorded timeline at 1991, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kyeshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1999
- Peak year (1992)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1999.
129 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 14 births in a single year.
Kyeshia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (80 births, 62% of the file).
1990s was Kyeshia's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Kyeshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 80 births (62% of all-time use).
Kyeshia decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kyeshia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1978–1999 (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 Kyeshia 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.
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