Lakysha — girls' name
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.
54% of everyone ever named Lakysha was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Lakysha in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakysha
The Social Security Administration has registered 162 babies named Lakysha between 1971 and 1992, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakysha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakysha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lakysha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakysha 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 162 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.
Lakysha at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lakysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1971
- Peak year (1978)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
162 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 14 births in a single year.
Lakysha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 88 births that decade — 54% of Lakysha's all-time total
Lakysha decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lakysha's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.