Takesha

Last seen for girls in 1999 at #12,688

Peak · girls
1979 · 80 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
977
since 1971

Takesha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Takesha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #1,482, 1979girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1999#12,6886
1998#10,1228
1997#10,8367
1996#13,5185
1995#6,25714
1994#6,67213
1993#4,67121
1992#5,48417
1991#5,00419
1990#5,06018
1989#4,02024
1988#3,30629
1987#3,25728
1986#2,51239
1985#2,54538
1984#2,14946
1983#2,27242
1982#2,32742
1981#1,75464
1980#1,86358
1979#1,48280
1978#1,55870
1977#1,57668
1976#1,48270
1975#1,64059
1974#2,02941
1973#2,91423
1972#3,06221
1971#6,6197
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Takesha! It came in at #6,619, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2000–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Takesha is popular in 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedMNIllinois: #793 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,742 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedMINew York: #1,401 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,968 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,918 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 27,689 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Takesha, so not publishedTXFlorida: #633 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,167 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#633 · 1 in 5,167
  2. Illinois#793 · 1 in 7,742
  3. New York#1,401 · 1 in 16,968
  4. California#1,918 · 1 in 27,689

Best ever in a state: #495 in South Carolina, 1986.

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Illinois#79391 in 7,742
New York#1,40161 in 16,968
California#1,91851 in 27,689
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See more about Takesha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1979 at #1,482 (80 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,066
  • Highest: 1 in 20,066 girls born in 1979 were named Takesha (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 295,637 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 44.9% of all girls named Takesha (439) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s439#1,482 (1979)#2,485
1980s410#1,754 (1981)#2,601
1990s128#4,671 (1993)#8,031

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.

Takesha in 1975

girls
#1,640
59 births · 1 in 24,710 girls

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #1,640Takesha59
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 24,710 of them was named Takesha, which outranked 84.6% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Takesha
  1. #1,625Taisha60
  2. #1,625Tameca60
  3. #1,625Tyesha60
  4. #1,640Takesha59
  5. #1,640Amiee59
  6. #1,640Asha59
  7. #1,640Carmel59
  8. #1,655Atiya58
  9. #1,655Darcey58
  10. #1,655Elyse58

Tied with 14 names at #1,640; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1975 →