Kiesha
Feminine
The i-before-e rule is a rule about Latin borrowings, and it does not cover names. Every English speaker was taught it and nobody was told its limits, which is why the ie and ei spellings of this name are effectively a coin toss and both are in wide use.
How old is the name Kiesha?
Kiesha first appears in US birth records in 1965 — 60 years ago. The typical Kiesha alive today was born around 1982, making them about 43 years old. About 2,500 people named Kiesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kiesha most popular?
Kiesha peaked in 1976, reaching #1036 nationally. See the whole 1976 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Kiesha
The rhyme about i before e was written for a specific set of words that came into English from Latin and French, and it has a long list of exceptions even there. Applied to a name it says nothing at all: a name is not obliged to follow the spelling conventions of a borrowed vocabulary, and the families writing this one down had no reason to. What resulted is a family split down the middle — Keisha and Kiesha, Keesha and Kiesha, all in the record together, all said the same way, and neither ordering more correct than the other.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name was assembled in twentieth-century America and carries no meaning. It resembles several words in other languages and descends from none of them.
Pronouncing Kiesha
KEE-shuh
Two syllables with the weight at the front. Every spelling in this family is said identically.
Nicknames for Kiesha
Moderate
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
- 1965
- Most girls named
- 1979124 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1036reached in 1976
- Change vs 2009
- −54.5%5 in 2010, from 11
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.
Kieshas among us
people named Kiesha 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
Kiesha 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
- Every sound in it is straightforward and the stress is unambiguous.
- Six letters, two syllables, and nothing complicated to say.
- It sits comfortably in front of almost any surname.
- Keisha, Kiesha, Keesha and Kesha are all in the record and will be confused constantly.
- There is no inherited meaning to pass on.
- It reads clearly as a name of the second half of the twentieth century.
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- How many Kieshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Kiesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kiesha in 2025?
- Kiesha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kiesha with classmates?
- Kiesha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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