Girls' name · since 1977
Tykeshia
Tykeshia has 90 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,372 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tykeshia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 90 recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tykeshia has been recorded 90 times among girls since 1977, 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 1977 to 2002.
- #28,372 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 90 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tykeshia ranks #28,372 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,372 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tykeshia's 90 recorded births place it above 60.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tykeshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tykeshia splits its recorded history at 1990: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tykeshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2002
- Peak year (1986)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Tykeshia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (41 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Tykeshia's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Tykeshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 41 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Tykeshia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Tykeshia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1977–2002 (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 Tykeshia 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.