Lakesha
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #13,832 · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,123
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 679 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,168since 1967
Lakesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Lakesha has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,229 | 60 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,052 | 66 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,827 | 78 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,611 | 94 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,507 | 104 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,248 | 135 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,095 | 160 | — | |
| 1989 | #915 | 198 | — | |
| 1988 | #852 | 210 | — | |
| 1987 | #762 | 236 | — | |
| 1986 | #729 | 244 | — | |
| 1985 | #693 | 255 | — | |
| 1984 | #575 | 320 | — | |
| 1983 | #493 | 397 | — | |
| 1982 | #490 | 418 | — | |
| 1981 | #450 | 479 | — | |
| 1980 | #391 | 585 | — | |
| 1979 | #368 | 619 | — | |
| 1978 | #329 | 679 | — | |
| 1977 | #339 | 669 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #356 | 588 | — | |
| 1975 | #418 | 482 | — | |
| 1974 | #502 | 351 | — | |
| 1973 | #630 | 240 | — | |
| 1972 | #823 | 161 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,528 | 65 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lakesha! It came in at #4,982, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2009–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lakesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 705 spots in 1972 (#1,528 → #823)
- Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1990 (#915 → #1,095)
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1978 at #329 (679 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1972–1989
- Highest: 1 in 2,256 girls born in 1978 were named Lakesha (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,134 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 47.6% of all girls named Lakesha (3,887) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34 | #3,619 (1969) | #4,274 |
| 1970s | 3,887 | #329 (1978) | #760 |
| 1980s | 3,342 | #391 (1980) | #635 |
| 1990s | 787 | #1,095 (1990) | #2,365 |
| 2000s | 118 | #4,400 (2000) | #9,581 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lakesha in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 2,292 of them was named Lakesha, which outranked 97.0% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 273,870 of them was named Lakesha, which outranked 25.3% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,582Zerrick7
- #4,582Zeyad7
- #4,582Zuberi7
- #5,123Lakesha6
- #5,123Aamir6
- #5,123Aaryn6
- #5,123Abbas6
- #5,845Aashish5
- #5,845Abby5
- #5,845Abdual5
Tied with 721 names at #5,123; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.