Rakesha — girls' name
123 babies named Rakesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Rakesha was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Rakesha in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rakesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Rakesha between 1975 and 1994, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rakesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rakesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rakesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rakesha 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 123 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.
Rakesha at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rakesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1975
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
123 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 10 births in a single year.
Rakesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 73 births that decade — 59% of Rakesha's all-time total
Rakesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rakesha's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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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, 1975–1994 (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.