Girls' name · since 1971
Lakysha
162 babies named Lakysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lakysha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 162 recorded since 1971.
Lakysha has 162 recorded births among girls since 1971, 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 1971 to 1992.
- #21,991 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 162 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakysha ranks #21,991 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 162 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lakysha's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakysha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lakysha's full recorded timeline at 1980, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lakysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1992
- Peak year (1978)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Lakysha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (88 births, 54% of the file).
1970s was Lakysha's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Lakysha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
88 births
- 1980s
1980s
64 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 88 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Lakysha's decade-level peak was the 1970s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lakysha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
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, 1971–1992 (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 Lakysha 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.