Kesha vs Keshun
American parents have registered 5,253 Keshas since 1880, against 652 Keshuns. But in 2025 it was Keshun that was commoner, 8 babies to 7.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Kesha Keshun
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 62 years in which either name was published, Kesha for 40 years and Keshun for 22 years. The lead changed hands 9 times.
Side by side
| Kesha | Keshun | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,253 | 652 |
| Most in one year | 320 | 42 |
| Babies in 2025 | 7 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 5,000 | 640 |
| Median age today | 47 | 21 |
| Peak year | 1974 | 2006 |
| Best rank | 524th girls | 2,744th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 11,932nd | 8,910th |
| First recorded | 1964 | 1989 |
| Girls / boys | 5,248 / 5 | 7 / 645 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Keshas alive today are over 47; half the Keshuns are over 21. That is 26 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Kesha the District of Columbia (4.6×), North Carolina (2.9×), Georgia (2.6×)
- Keshun Mississippi (22.0×), Tennessee (14.7×), Georgia (4.0×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Kesha and Keshun.