Lakeesha
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 116 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,370since 1970
Lakeesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Lakeesha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
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| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 |
| 1984 | #2,081 | 48 |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 |
| 1982 | #1,474 | 81 |
| 1981 | #1,632 | 71 |
| 1980 | #1,396 | 89 |
| 1979 | #1,283 | 99 |
| 1978 | #1,186 | 106 |
| 1977 | #1,108 | 116 |
| 1976 | #1,122 | 106 |
| 1975 | #1,316 | 83 |
| 1974 | #1,300 | 82 |
| 1973 | #1,239 | 84 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lakeesha! It came in at #5,818, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lakeesha is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#588 · 1 in 4,583
- Georgia#615 · 1 in 4,802
- Tennessee#635 · 1 in 5,697
- Illinois#728 · 1 in 6,225
- Ohio#771 · 1 in 9,011
Best ever in a state: #241 in District of Columbia, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #588 | 5 | 1 in 4,583 |
| Georgia | #615 | 7 | 1 in 4,802 |
| Tennessee | #635 | 5 | 1 in 5,697 |
| Illinois | #728 | 12 | 1 in 6,225 |
| Ohio | #771 | 8 | 1 in 9,011 |
| Pennsylvania | #910 | 6 | 1 in 11,401 |
| Texas | #1,355 | 7 | 1 in 15,873 |
| California | #2,184 | 5 | 1 in 32,666 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lakeesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1977 at #1,108 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,217 girls born in 1977 were named Lakeesha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 360,125 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
- 54.5% of all girls named Lakeesha (747) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 747 | #1,108 (1977) | #1,914 |
| 1980s | 486 | #1,396 (1980) | #2,552 |
| 1990s | 132 | #3,909 (1990) | #6,824 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,352 (2001) | #15,352 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lakeesha in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
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1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 16,215 of them was named Lakeesha, which outranked 89.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,270Rosalba100
- #1,270Roxana100
- #1,270Samatha100
- #1,283Lakeesha99
- #1,283Adele99
- #1,283Denisha99
- #1,283Mattie99
- #1,288Andra98
- #1,288Lanette98
- #1,288Robbie98
Tied with 4 names at #1,283; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.