Lekisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lekisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 914 babies named Lekisha between 1971 and 1994, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lekisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 92 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lekisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 440 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lekisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Lekisha in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lekisha 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 914 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.