Keneisha
Feminine
Keneisha can be read as Kenisha with an extra i, or as Keisha with Ken- set in front of it, and the record does not say which. Either way it has no history apart from Keisha and the syllable added to it.
How old is the name Keneisha?
Keneisha first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Keneisha alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 500 people named Keneisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Keneisha most popular?
Keneisha peaked in 1991, reaching #2356 nationally. See the whole 1991 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Keneisha
Our Keneisha is built like a short flight of stairs: Ken-, then Keisha's bright middle, then the soft close. It keeps the ei that Keisha is spelled with and puts one more syllable in front, so the name steps up to its stress rather than starting on it. Nothing in the record explains the added step. The name simply arrives three syllables long, with its lift in the center.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is recorded for Keneisha. Keisha, the name inside it, is itself an American name whose origin is disputed, and the Ken- front adds nothing recorded.
Pronouncing Keneisha
kuh-NEE-shuh
Stress on the middle syllable. The ei is usually said as ee, following Keisha; kuh-NAY-shuh is also possible from the letters.
Nicknames for Keneisha
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most girls named
- 199154 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2356reached in 1991
- Change vs 2010
- −50.0%5 in 2011, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Keneishas among us
people named Keneisha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Keneisha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Keisha, a name many Americans know, sits visibly inside it.
- Three syllables with a clear stress, easy to say once heard.
- Rare in its own right.
- Expect Kenisha, Kenesha and Keneesha on forms; the ei is the part most often changed.
- Readers may hesitate over the ei, ee or ay; one hearing settles it.
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- How many Keneishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Keneisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Keneisha in 2025?
- Keneisha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Keneisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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