Girls' name · since 1980
Wakeisha
Wakeisha has 15 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Wakeisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Wakeisha recorded 15 times among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 1989.
- #50,321 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wakeisha ranks #50,321 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #50,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Wakeisha's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wakeisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wakeisha's full recorded timeline at 1987, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births.
Wakeisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1989
- Peak year (1980)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Wakeisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Wakeisha's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Wakeisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wakeisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1980–1989 (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 Wakeisha 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.