Girls' name · since 1972
Lakeishia
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 121 babies named Lakeishia, peaking in 1976. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 121
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lakeishia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 121 have been recorded since 1972.
Lakeishia has 121 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 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1993.
- #25,035 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 121 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakeishia ranks #25,035 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 121 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 121
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lakeishia's 121 recorded births place it above 65.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakeishia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lakeishia's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lakeishia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1993
- Peak year (1976)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Lakeishia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (60 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Lakeishia's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Lakeishia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
48 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 60 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Lakeishia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- 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 Lakeishia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1972–1993 (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 Lakeishia 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.