Fun Facts About the Name Keysha
- More than 1 thousand babies named Keysha: U.S. records list 1,976 babies given the name Keysha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Keysha Mean?
Keysha is a feminine given name used mainly in the United States. It is generally treated as a variant spelling of Keisha, a name that became established in the 20th century. The meaning of Keisha is not securely known. One common explanation connects it to the Arabic name ʿĀʾishah (usually anglicized as Aisha), which means 'alive' or 'living.' If that connection is accepted, Keysha would share that meaning indirectly, but the initial K has no counterpart in Arabic, so the derivation is not direct. Other sources gloss Keisha as 'favorite,' though that meaning has no clear linguistic origin. Keysha itself is an English spelling variant, not an Arabic form.
Keysha Name History & Origins
The name Keysha belongs to a cluster of American spellings of the sound 'KEE-shuh,' including Keisha, Kisha, Keesha, Kiesha, and Kesha. These names are modern rather than ancient forms inherited intact from an older language. Their development is part of 20th-century American naming, especially among African Americans, where the -isha ending seen in Aisha, Tanisha, and Lakeisha and creative respellings became common. Keysha uses the letters key to make the long 'ee' sound explicit. Some accounts link the group to the Arabic ʿĀʾishah (Aisha), a name important in Islamic tradition as that of a wife of the Prophet Muhammad and familiar in English through forms such as Ayesha. That link is plausible but not fully established, and it does not give Keysha a continuous history in Arabic. The spelling Keysha itself is an English-language variant used mainly in the United States.
How Popular is the Name Keysha?
Keysha has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1976. Its best rank was #1,229 in 1976.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,949 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2024 | #4,236 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2023 | #5,061 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #7,462 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #6,849 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #5,571 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #6,883 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #5,908 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #5,749 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2016 | #6,297 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #5,579 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #8,288 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #6,366 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #6,739 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #5,840 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #5,710 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #5,635 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #5,369 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2007 | #5,311 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #4,210 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2005 | #6,143 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #7,249 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #5,698 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2002 | #5,780 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #6,810 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #6,346 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #4,385 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1998 | #6,904 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #4,072 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1996 | #4,120 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1995 | #2,949 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1994 | #3,337 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1993 | #3,466 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1992 | #4,614 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1991 | #4,409 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1990 | #3,671 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1989 | #3,952 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1988 | #3,189 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1987 | #3,058 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1986 | #3,495 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1985 | #4,055 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #3,109 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 1983 | #2,376 | 40 | 0.0024% |
| 1982 | #2,614 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 1981 | #2,246 | 45 | 0.0027% |
| 1980 | #1,682 | 68 | 0.0041% |
| 1979 | #1,635 | 69 | 0.0043% |
| 1978 | #1,561 | 70 | 0.0046% |
| 1977 | #1,687 | 62 | 0.0040% |
| 1976 | #1,229 | 92 | 0.0063% |
| 1975 | #1,389 | 76 | 0.0052% |
| 1974 | #1,273 | 85 | 0.0058% |
| 1973 | #1,296 | 79 | 0.0054% |
| 1972 | #1,321 | 77 | 0.0051% |
| 1971 | #1,813 | 49 | 0.0029% |
| 1970 | #1,869 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 1969 | #2,422 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1968 | #3,242 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1967 | #4,164 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1966 | #6,162 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #6,143 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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