Lekeshia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lekeshia

The Social Security Administration has registered 404 babies named Lekeshia between 1972 and 1992, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lekeshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lekeshia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lekeshia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Lekeshia in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lekeshia 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 404 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.