Ikesha — girls' name
88 babies named Ikesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Ikesha was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Ikesha in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ikesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Ikesha between 1975 and 1993, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ikesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ikesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ikesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ikesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ikesha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 88 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ikesha at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ikesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1975
- Peak year (1977)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
88 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 12 births in a single year.
Ikesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 54 births that decade — 61% of Ikesha's all-time total
Ikesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ikesha's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Ikesha by state
Where Ikesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 5.7% |
5 of 88 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.