Kiesha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kiesha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kiesha: Recorded since 1996, it reached #439 in 2008, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#439highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1802
1998	#2701
1999	#1805
2000	#1688
2001	#2023
2002	#1928
2003	#2191
2004	#1383
2005	#2084
2006	#2320
2007	#1502
2008	#2150
2009	#1837
2010	#4012
2011	#4764
2015	#4736
2017	#4763

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 22 years from 1996 to 2017.

In 2008: #439 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2150 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #4763 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Girls

Kiesha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kiesha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	112	10 of 10	11
2010s	17	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kiesha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #439 in Northern Ireland in 2008.

Kiesha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2017, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #439, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kilian · #184, 54y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdelrahman · #439, 19y
Arley · #439, 23y
Finan · #439, 23y
Katie-Marie · #439, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdelrahman · #439, 19y
Caleigh · #439, 14y
Daisy-Mae · #439, 29y
Finan · #439, 23y

Kiesha was ranked #439 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kiesha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kiesha without appearing here.

Kiesha moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2191 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1383 and #3197.
Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #3409.
Kai Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2320 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1502 and #2895.
Lynette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1802 and #3174.

Moved ahead of Kiesha

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1837 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2636.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1837 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2893.
Selma Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1837 and #2759 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #2392.
Ezra Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4012 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #3185.

Moved the opposite way to Kiesha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiesha went from #2683 to #4763 while Ada went from #2683 to #114.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiesha went from #2683 to #4763 while Alma went from #2096 to #413.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiesha went from #2683 to #4763 while Alyssa went from #783 to #242.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiesha went from #2683 to #4763 while Amalie went from #2096 to #740.

Moved the same way as Kiesha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiesha went from #2683 to #4763 and Abigail from #21 to #73.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiesha went from #2683 to #4763 and Aimee from #70 to #448.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiesha went from #2683 to #4763 and Aisling from #440 to #1681.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiesha went from #2683 to #4763 and Alex from #161 to #1411.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #439 in Northern Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kiesha

Kiesha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kiesha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Kiesha at a glance

Kiesha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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