How Many People Are Named Kalesha?
An estimated 260 people in the United States have the first name Kalesha. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 35 years old, and Kalesha peaked in popularity in 1992 with 22 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kalesha as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kalesha paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
260
About 1 in 1,318,286 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
35
years old
Peak Year
1992
22 births
Total Registered
272
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kalesha
Kalesha is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 272 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kalesha as a female name
Ranked #12,949 in 2006
8 female births in 2006
Peak: 1992 (22 births)
Kalesha: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kalesha span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 122 babies were registered. While Kalesha is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Kalesha by Decade
How has Kalesha tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kalesha + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kalesha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Kalesha: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kalesha?
We estimate approximately 260 people named Kalesha are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,318,286 Americans share this first name.
Is Kalesha a common name?
Kalesha is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 272 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kalesha most popular?
Kalesha reached peak popularity in 1992, when 22 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kalesha is approximately 35 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kalesha a female name?
Kalesha is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kalesha Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kalesha Smith, Kalesha Johnson, Kalesha Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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