Girls' name · since 1975
Rakesha
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.
- #24,870 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 123
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rakesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 123 have been recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Rakesha recorded 123 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1994.
- #24,870 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 123 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakesha ranks #24,870 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 123 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,870 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 123
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rakesha's 123 recorded births place it above 65.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rakesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rakesha splits its recorded history at 1985: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rakesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1994
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Rakesha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (73 births, 59% of the file).
1980s was Rakesha's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Rakesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 27
1970s
27 births
- 1980s
1980s
73 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 73 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Rakesha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 1990s -- 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 Rakesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1975–1994 (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 Rakesha 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.