Girls' name · since 1982
Kyiesha
146 babies named Kyiesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,047 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kyiesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 146 have been recorded since 1982.
Kyiesha has 146 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2008.
- #23,047 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 146 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyiesha ranks #23,047 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,047 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kyiesha's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kyiesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kyiesha's full recorded timeline at 1992, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kyiesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2008
- Peak year (1990)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kyiesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (99 births, 68% of the file).
1990s was Kyiesha's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Kyiesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 99 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Kyiesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kyiesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1982–2008 (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 Kyiesha 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.