Girls' name · since 1972
Lakasha
308 babies named Lakasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,681 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakasha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 308 recorded since 1972.
Lakasha has 308 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2002.
- #15,681 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 308 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakasha ranks #15,681 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 308 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,681 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakasha's 308 recorded births place it above 78.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakasha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lakasha splits its recorded history at 1985: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lakasha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2002
- Peak year (1980)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Lakasha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (133 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Lakasha's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Lakasha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
116 births
- 1980s
1980s
133 births
- 1990s 52
1990s
52 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 133 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Lakasha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (133 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lakasha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lakasha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.