Lakeesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lakeesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,370 babies named Lakeesha between 1970 and 2001, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakeesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 116 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakeesha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 747 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lakeesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 104 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lakeesha in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lakeesha 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 1,370 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.