Girls' name · since 1980
Lakosha
12 babies named Lakosha in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #51,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
12 girls have been named Lakosha since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lakosha has 12 recorded births among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 1983.
- #51,980 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakosha ranks #51,980 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #51,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakosha's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakosha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lakosha's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lakosha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1983
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Lakosha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Lakosha's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lakosha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lakosha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1980–1983 (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 Lakosha 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.