Girls' name · since 1967
Lakeisha
Lakeisha has 12,850 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,431 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12,850
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakeisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12,850 have been recorded since 1967.
Lakeisha has 12,850 recorded births among girls since 1967, 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 1967 to 2024.
- #1,431 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12,850 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakeisha ranks #1,431 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12,850 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,431 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12,850
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakeisha's 12,850 recorded births place it above 98.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Lakeisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lakeisha splits its recorded history at 1995: 9% of all births land in the more recent half, 91% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 824 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lakeisha popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2024
- Peak year (1979)
- 824
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Lakeisha popularity over time - boys
36 total births recorded since 1976 (Lakeisha as boys' name)
Lakeisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (5,552 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Lakeisha's strongest decade.
5,552 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Lakeisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
4,666 births
- 1980s
1980s
5,552 births
- 1990s 2,100
1990s
2,100 births
- 2000s 381
2000s
381 births
- 2010s 88
2010s
88 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 5,552 births (43% of all-time use).
How Lakeisha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lakeisha's total volume
Lakeisha by state
Where Lakeisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 987 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 848 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 812 | 6.3% |
| #4 | California | | 747 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 717 | 5.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 643 | 5.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 618 | 4.8% |
| #8 | New York | | 604 | 4.7% |
987 of 12,850 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Lakeisha appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lakeisha's data
- Lakeisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (5,552 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Lakeishas (987 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lakeisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1967–2024 (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 Lakeisha 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.