Lasheka — girls' name
304 babies named Lasheka in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Lasheka was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Lasheka in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lasheka
The Social Security Administration has registered 304 babies named Lasheka between 1972 and 1994, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lasheka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lasheka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lasheka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lasheka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lasheka 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 304 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.
Lasheka at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lasheka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1972
- Peak year (1980)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
304 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 21 births in a single year.
Lasheka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 170 births that decade — 56% of Lasheka's all-time total
Lasheka decade highlights
- Peak decade 170 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lasheka's strongest decade
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Lasheka by state
Where Lasheka concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 16 | 5.3% |
16 of 304 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 5.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–1994 (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.