Takeisha — girls' name
1,050 babies named Takeisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Takeisha was born in this single decade.
63 babies were named Takeisha in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Takeisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,050 babies named Takeisha between 1970 and 2002, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Takeisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 63 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Takeisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 459 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Takeisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Takeisha in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Takeisha 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 1,050 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.
Takeisha at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Takeisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1970
- Peak year (1979)
- 63
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
1,050 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 63 births in a single year.
Takeisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 459 births that decade — 44% of Takeisha's all-time total
Takeisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 459 births
- Runner-up 322 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Takeisha's strongest decade
459 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Takeisha by state
Where Takeisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 48 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 40 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 37 | 3.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 26 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 19 | 1.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 15 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.6% |
48 of 1,050 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.5% of nationwide
- New York 2.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Takeisha appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1970–2002 (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.