Girls' name · since 1980

Rekesha

17 babies named Rekesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#48,086 of 72,339
all-time among girls
17
born since 1980
1980s
peak decade

17 girls have been named Rekesha since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Rekesha has 17 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1983.

  • #48,086 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 17 born since 1980
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rekesha ranks #48,086 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.

#48,086 of 72,339
all-time among girls
17
born since 1980
1980s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Rekesha's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Rekesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Rekesha's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Rekesha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1983

Last recorded 1983
Peak year (1980)
7
Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 198019821983 5

Rekesha by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).

1980s was Rekesha's strongest decade.

17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Rekesha births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rekesha?
17 babies have been named Rekesha since 1980. All-time, it sits at #48,086 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1983. The peak year was 1980 with 7 births.
Where does Rekesha sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rekesha ranks #48,086 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Rekesha most popular?
Rekesha was most popular in the 1980s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
How long has the name Rekesha been used?
Records for Rekesha go back to 1980, giving 4 years of history through 1983.
What names are similar to Rekesha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Reka, Rekha, Rekita, Rekisha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Rekesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1980–1983 (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 Rekesha 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.