Girls' name · since 1972
Lekeshia
Lekeshia has 404 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 404
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
404 girls have been named Lekeshia since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lekeshia has 404 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 1992.
- #13,429 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 404 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lekeshia ranks #13,429 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 404 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 404
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lekeshia's 404 recorded births place it above 81.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Mississippi.
Lekeshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lekeshia's full recorded timeline at 1982, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 9 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lekeshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1992
- Peak year (1976)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Lekeshia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (192 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Lekeshia's strongest decade.
192 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Lekeshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
176 births
- 1980s
1980s
192 births
- 1990s 36
1990s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 192 births (48% of all-time use).
Lekeshia by state
Where Lekeshia concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 31 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 12 | 3.0% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 11 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.2% |
31 of 404 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Lekeshia's data
- Lekeshia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (192 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Mississippi records the most Lekeshias (31 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lekeshia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1972–1992 (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 Lekeshia 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.