Kamesha
Kamesha Hairston is an American professional women's basketball player. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons she played for the Connecticut Sun. She retired from the game around 2014 due to injury. In 2019, she was inducted into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame.
Meaning & Origin of Kamesha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kamesha Hairston is an American professional women's basketball player. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons she played for the Connecticut Sun. She retired from the game around 2014 due to injury. In 2019, she was inducted into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame.
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The Story of Kamesha
Kamesha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1972, with 24 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 67 Kameshas were born — ranking #2,011 that year. As of 2026, Kamesha ranks #15,242 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 1K Kameshas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kamesha
Kamesha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Kamesha's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #2,011. Use the chart and map above to compare Kamesha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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