Girls' name · since 1972
Lasheka
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.
- #15,789 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 304
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lasheka is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 304 have been recorded since 1972.
Lasheka has 304 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 1994.
- #15,789 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 304 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lasheka ranks #15,789 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 304 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,789 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 304
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lasheka's 304 recorded births place it above 78.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Lasheka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lasheka's full recorded timeline at 1983, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lasheka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1994
- Peak year (1980)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Lasheka by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (170 births, 56% of the file).
1980s was Lasheka's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Lasheka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
88 births
- 1980s
1980s
170 births
- 1990s 46
1990s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 170 births (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.
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What to do with Lasheka's data
- Lasheka's decade-level peak was the 1980s (170 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Lashekas (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lasheka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1972–1994 (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 Lasheka 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.