Kyesha
Feminine
Kyesha is an American build with no documented source, and it belongs to a group of names that can be placed in time by anybody who grew up hearing them. That is unusual: most names carry no date at all.
How old is the name Kyesha?
Kyesha first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Kyesha alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 700 people named Kyesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kyesha most popular?
Kyesha peaked in 1991, reaching #2660 nationally. See the whole 1991 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kyesha
Inherited names are undatable. A Mary could be from any century. But names built out of currently fashionable pieces carry the fashion with them, and an American listener can usually place one within a few years without being able to explain how: the ending was productive then and not now, the front was popular then and not now, and the combination belongs to the moment both were true at once. That is a real piece of information carried by the name, and it is neither good nor bad. It means the name is legible as a period piece, the way a Gladys or a Dwight is, and it means that whoever chose it was paying attention to their own moment.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source has been documented. The front and the ending were both free elements in American naming of the period, and nothing explains this particular pairing.
Pronouncing Kyesha
ky-EE-shuh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. Some families reduce it to two and say KEE-shuh.
Nicknames for Kyesha
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
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 199145 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2660reached in 1991
- Change vs 2007
- −33.3%10 in 2008, from 15
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.
Kyeshas among us
people named Kyesha 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
Kyesha 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
- Kye and Esha are both available as short forms and both work on their own.
- It is soft throughout with no consonant that gives anyone trouble.
- It is distinctive on a page while being made of ordinary letters.
- Two readings are in circulation and the spelling chooses neither.
- Kiesha, Keyshia and Kyisha are all in the record and will be confused with it.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has nothing to answer with.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kyeshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Kyesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kyesha in 2025?
- Kyesha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kyesha with classmates?
- Kyesha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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