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Girl name

Kinesha

100% girls · last recorded 1995

Kinesha has been given to about 127 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1977, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 123
Median age today38 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Kinesha per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1977 · 11
  • Born in 20250
  • All time127

How popular is Kinesha?

Its best year was 1977, when 11 babies were given the name, ranking 5681st. The typical living American called Kinesha is about 38 years old today.

Names that sound like Kinesha

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Iesha0.79
  2. Kisha0.74
  3. Tanesha0.74
  4. Kesha0.74
  5. Ayesha0.71
  6. Tyesha0.71
  7. Kenisha0.69
  8. Tisha0.63

Middle names for Kinesha

Ranked by flow score
  1. Kinesha Rose0.85
  2. Kinesha Louise0.85
  3. Kinesha June0.84
  4. Kinesha Pearl0.84
  5. Kinesha Quinn0.84
  6. Kinesha Nell0.84

Sibling names for Kinesha

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Ambersister · 0.54
  2. Jessicasister · 0.54
  3. Travisbrother · 0.54
  4. Amandasister · 0.54
  5. Coreybrother · 0.53
  6. Caseyeither · 0.53

Where Kinesha is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Kinesha White0.80
    2. Kinesha Reyes0.80
    3. Kinesha Nguyen0.80
    4. Kinesha Moore0.80
    5. Kinesha Lee0.80
    6. Kinesha Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Kinesha

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.