Lekeisha — girls' name
785 babies named Lekeisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Lekeisha was born in this single decade.
69 babies were named Lekeisha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lekeisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 785 babies named Lekeisha between 1971 and 1998, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lekeisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 69 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lekeisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 386 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lekeisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Lekeisha in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lekeisha 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 785 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.
Lekeisha at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lekeisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1971
- Peak year (1980)
- 69
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
785 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 69 births in a single year.
Lekeisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 386 births that decade — 49% of Lekeisha's all-time total
Lekeisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 386 births
- Runner-up 284 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lekeisha's strongest decade
386 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Lekeisha by state
Where Lekeisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 31 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 26 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 23 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 21 | 2.7% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.8% |
31 of 785 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 3.9% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.3% of nationwide
- Mississippi 2.9% of nationwide
- Texas 2.7% of nationwide
- South Carolina 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lekeisha appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1971–1998 (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.