Girls' name · since 1975
Rakisha
173 babies named Rakisha 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.
- #21,337 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 173
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
173 girls have been named Rakisha since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakisha has been recorded 173 times among girls since 1975, 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 1975 to 1994.
- #21,337 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 173 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakisha ranks #21,337 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 173 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,337 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 173
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rakisha's 173 recorded births place it above 70.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rakisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rakisha's full recorded timeline at 1984, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rakisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1994
- Peak year (1981)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Rakisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (107 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Rakisha's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Rakisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 39
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
107 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 107 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Rakisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 27 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rakisha: 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 Rakisha 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.