Girls' name · since 1973
Kysa
194 babies named Kysa in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,128 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 194
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kysa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 194 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Kysa recorded 194 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2024.
- #20,128 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 194 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kysa ranks #20,128 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 194 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,128 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 194
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kysa's 194 recorded births place it above 72.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kysa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kysa's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kysa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2024
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
194 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 11 births in a single year.
Kysa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (60 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Kysa's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kysa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 60 births (31% of all-time use).
Kysa decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Kysa's data
- Kysa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- 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 Kysa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1973–2024 (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 Kysa 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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