girl's name

Kelisha

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 502

Kelisha is a girl's name. In 2012 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1991, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1974.

Kelisha over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2012, not a full ten years.

135
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Kelisha by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 49
1980s 135
1990s 120
2000s 89
2010s (to 2012) 12

How popular is Kelisha?

In 2012, Kelisha was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Kelisha is used

Canada #3,290 6 in 2019
England & Wales #3,983 6 in 2013
France #6,983 5 in 2025
United States #14,600 7 in 2012

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kelisha

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kelisha also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kelisha over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kelisha

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kelisha — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kelisha

How popular is the name Kelisha?

In 2012, Kelisha was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Kelisha a girl's or a boy's name?

Kelisha is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kelisha most popular?

Kelisha peaked in 1991, when 22 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Kelisha a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kelisha currently ranks #6,983 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.