Girls' name · since 1974
Lakeish
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 44 babies named Lakeish, peaking in 1977. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,464 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lakeish sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 44 recorded since 1974.
Lakeish has 44 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1986.
- #36,464 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakeish ranks #36,464 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #36,464 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lakeish's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakeish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lakeish's full recorded timeline at 1977, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lakeish popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1986
- Peak year (1977)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Lakeish by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (33 births, 75% of the file).
1970s was Lakeish's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Lakeish births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
33 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 33 births (75% of all-time use).
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- Lakeish's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 1980s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lakeish: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1974–1986 (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 Lakeish 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.