Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kesha is a variant of Keisha. An origin associated with Keisha is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kesha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,253
- 5 boys · 5,248 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 320 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,557 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,557 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 320 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,006 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kesha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
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>99% girls