Recorded 1971–1998 Girls' name Peak 1980 785 births

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.

1970s2841980s3861990s115
1980s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Lekeisha was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

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 1998

Total births

785

Since 1971

28 years of records

Peak year

1980

69 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1998

Active since

1971

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 1998

Lekeisha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1971

Last recorded 1998
Peak year (1980)
69
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
020406080 19981993198919851981197719731971 7

Lekeisha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
386 births that decade — 49% of Lekeisha's all-time total
1970s2841980s3861990s115

Lekeisha by state

Where Lekeisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1971

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Lekeisha
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%
Georgia share of Lekeisha's total US births 3.9%
Even split

31 of 785 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.

Lekeisha appears in 9 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lekeisha?
785 babies have been named Lekeisha since 1971. It was last recorded in 1998. The peak year was 1980 with 69 births.
When was Lekeisha most popular?
Lekeisha was most popular in the 1980s decade with 386 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
Where is Lekeisha most popular?
The top states for the name Lekeisha are Georgia (31 births), Louisiana (26 births), Mississippi (23 births).
How long has the name Lekeisha been used?
Lekeisha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1971, spanning 28 years of data through 1998.
What names are similar to Lekeisha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lekisha, Lekesha, Lekeshia, Lekia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.