Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kesa isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kesa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 0 boys · 135 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 241 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kesa’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Kesa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Keysha
>99% girls
Keisha
“of the spice tree”
>99% girls
Kiva
“protected by God”
5% boys · 95% girls
Kenya
“an innocent; from the country of Kenya”
2% boys · 98% girls
Corie
“from the hollow; of the churning waters”
9% boys · 91% girls
Elissa
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Melisa
Melisa is a feminine given name from Greek. It is used in Turkish and Albanian.
>99% girls
Corrie
“from the hollow; of the churning waters” · “referring to a horn”
7% boys · 93% girls