Lakeisha — #12361 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lakeisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,848 babies named Lakeisha between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakeisha currently holds the #12361 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 824 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakeisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5,552 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lakeisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 987 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Lakeisha in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lakeisha 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 12,848 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.