Wykesha — girls' name
43 babies named Wykesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Wykesha was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Wykesha in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wykesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Wykesha between 1976 and 1986, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wykesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wykesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wykesha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wykesha 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 43 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.
Wykesha at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wykesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1976
- Peak year (1976)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
43 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 10 births in a single year.
Wykesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 27 births that decade — 63% of Wykesha's all-time total
Wykesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Wykesha's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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, 1976–1986 (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.