Kyisha — girls' name
216 babies named Kyisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Kyisha was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Kyisha in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kyisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Kyisha between 1973 and 2001, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kyisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kyisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kyisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kyisha 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 216 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.
Kyisha at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kyisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1973
- Peak year (1979)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
216 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 16 births in a single year.
Kyisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 91 births that decade — 42% of Kyisha's all-time total
Kyisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kyisha's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1973–2001 (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.