Kesha
Kesha Rose Sebert, formerly stylized as Ke$ha, is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter. She has earned two number-one albums on the US Billboard 200 with Animal (2010) and Rainbow (2017), and the top-ten records Warrior (2012) and High Road (2020).
- Russian
- African American
Meaning & Origin of Kesha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kesha Rose Sebert, formerly stylized as Ke$ha, is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter. She has earned two number-one albums on the US Billboard 200 with Animal (2010) and Rainbow (2017), and the top-ten records Warrior (2012) and High Road (2020).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- African American
The Story of Kesha
American parents first put Kesha on the record books as a baby girl name in 1964, with 14 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1974, when 320 Keshas were born — ranking #524 that year. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 51% of all recorded Keshas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 5K Keshas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kesha
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About the name Kesha
Kesha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Kesha's peak popularity came in 1974 when it ranked #524. Use the chart and map above to compare Kesha'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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