Girls' name · since 1976
Rakeisha
Rakeisha has 185 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,614 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 185
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rakeisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 185 have been recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakeisha has been recorded 185 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2000.
- #20,614 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 185 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakeisha ranks #20,614 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 185 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,614 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 185
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rakeisha's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rakeisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rakeisha's full recorded timeline at 1987, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rakeisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2000
- Peak year (1993)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Rakeisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (74 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Rakeisha's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Rakeisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
74 births
- 1990s
1990s
72 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 74 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Rakeisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rakeisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1976–2000 (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 Rakeisha 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.