Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Keshia 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
Keshia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,386
- 6 boys · 5,380 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 511 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 8 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 511 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,786 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 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Keshia
- Keshia Knight PulliamAmerican actressborn 1979
- Keshia ChantéCanadian singer, model, actress and songwriterborn 1988
- Keshia BakerAmerican athletics competitorborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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