girls:
5.2k births since 1964
#2326 (59th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1979
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
5.2k births since 1964
#3773 (51st percentile)
The name Kesha is the #3,773 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,240 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 51.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 51.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,326 (59.3% percentile) for all time with 5,235 births since 1964. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1979.
Kesha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 1979 for boys). Birth data for Kesha is available in 57 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023 (57 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kesha has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kesha reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 38.4% percentile (ranked #460) with 204 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 204 births per million (ranked 38.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kesha ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 2.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kesha reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #688) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1979.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kesha".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kesha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.6% confident that Kesha is pronounced as KEH-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-shuh, at 47.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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