Lakisha
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331 · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #5,355
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 1,148 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,310since 1967
Lakisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Lakisha has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
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| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,476 | 51 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,367 | 55 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,447 | 111 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,345 | 124 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,215 | 142 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,095 | 160 | — | |
| 1989 | #930 | 193 | — | |
| 1988 | #770 | 243 | — | |
| 1987 | #680 | 271 | — | |
| 1986 | #591 | 326 | — | |
| 1985 | #542 | 368 | — | |
| 1984 | #435 | 482 | — | |
| 1983 | #393 | 560 | — | |
| 1982 | #337 | 711 | — | |
| 1981 | #300 | 803 | — | |
| 1980 | #274 | 912 | — | |
| 1979 | #244 | 1,042 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #233 | 1,066 | — | |
| 1977 | #214 | 1,148 | — | |
| 1976 | #261 | 914 | — | |
| 1975 | #287 | 838 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #345 | 630 | — | |
| 1973 | #478 | 375 | — | |
| 1972 | #661 | 227 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,010 | 123 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,804 | 49 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lakisha! It came in at #6,042, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2012–2015, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lakisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 349 spots in 1972 (#1,010 → #661)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1990 (#930 → #1,095)
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1977 at #214 (1,148 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1972–1989
- Highest: 1 in 1,335 girls born in 1977 were named Lakisha (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 52.1% of all girls named Lakisha (6,412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37 | #3,102 (1969) | #4,381 |
| 1970s | 6,412 | #214 (1977) | #554 |
| 1980s | 4,869 | #274 (1980) | #525 |
| 1990s | 818 | #1,095 (1990) | #2,268 |
| 2000s | 157 | #4,400 (2000) | #8,001 |
| 2010s | 17 | #14,331 (2016) | #15,382 |
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.
Lakisha in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,541 of them was named Lakisha, which outranked 98.0% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 286,923 of them was named Lakisha, which outranked 24.3% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,842Zebulah7
- #4,842Zeus7
- #4,842Zoltan7
- #5,355Lakisha6
- #5,355Aasim6
- #5,355Abdallah6
- #5,355Abdula6
- #6,056Aakash5
- #6,056Aarn5
- #6,056Aaryn5
Tied with 700 names at #5,355; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.