Lakesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lakesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,168 babies named Lakesha between 1967 and 2008, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 679 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakesha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 3,887 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lakesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 630 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Lakesha in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lakesha 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 8,168 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.