Lakeshia

Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242

Peak · girls
1977 · 302 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,710
since 1967

Lakeshia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lakeshia has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #576, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2009#15,2426
2008#17,5045
2007#13,9247
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2005#10,12810
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2003#9,67110
2002#12,1877
2001#9,35110
2000#7,58013
1999#8,22311
1998#5,12320
1997#4,81921
1996#3,50532
1995#2,68745
1994#2,50350
1993#1,96771
1992#1,57598
1991#1,407114
1990#897214
1989#825230
1988#789238
1987#669278
1986#656281
1985#701249
1984#890168
1983#898168
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1977#576302
1976#649239
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1974#863151
1973#1,109101
1972#1,72451
1971#2,00142
1970#2,85624
1969#5,4568
1968#5,1478
1967#6,0426
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First appearance
1967

The first year at least five girls were named Lakeshia! It came in at #6,042, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lakeshia is popular in 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,137 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,943 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedWIMichigan: #478 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,073 girlsMINew York: #1,239 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,736 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,018 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 10,509 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #578 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,550 girlsVAMaryland: #423 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,091 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #346 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,417 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #474 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,509 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #235 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 976 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #584 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,138 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedMSAlabama: #266 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,409 girlsALGeorgia: #479 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,666 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lakeshia, so not publishedHITexas: #841 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,954 girlsTXFlorida: #724 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,243 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#235 · 1 in 976
  2. Alabama#266 · 1 in 1,409
  3. North Carolina#346 · 1 in 2,417
  4. Maryland#423 · 1 in 3,091
  5. South Carolina#474 · 1 in 3,509

Best ever in a state: #102 in Mississippi, 1987.

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StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#23561 in 976
Alabama#266161 in 1,409
North Carolina#346141 in 2,417
Maryland#42361 in 3,091
South Carolina#47451 in 3,509
Michigan#478141 in 4,073
Georgia#47991 in 3,666
Virginia#57851 in 5,550
Louisiana#58461 in 4,138
Florida#72471 in 6,243
Texas#841121 in 7,954
California#1,018131 in 10,509
Illinois#1,13751 in 13,943
New York#1,23971 in 14,736
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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 Lakeshia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
  • Biggest jump: 246 spots in 1974 (#1,109 → #863)
  • Biggest drop: 510 spots in 1991 (#897 → #1,407)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1967
  • Peaked 1977 at #576 (302 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1974–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,077
  • Highest: 1 in 5,077 girls born in 1977 were named Lakeshia (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 306,186 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 47.5% of all girls named Lakeshia (2,239) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s22#5,147 (1968)#5,548
1970s1,705#576 (1977)#1,170
1980s2,239#656 (1986)#776
1990s676#897 (1990)#3,271
2000s68#7,580 (2000)#11,948

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.

Lakeshia in 1974

girls
#863
151 births · 1 in 9,719 girls

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #863Lakeshia151
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 9,719 of them was named Lakeshia, which outranked 91.6% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lakeshia
  1. #859Kandi152
  2. #859Kathrine152
  3. #859Rosie152
  4. #863Lakeshia151
  5. #863Fatima151
  6. #863Lenora151
  7. #863Rosalyn151
  8. #867Claudine150
  9. #867Debora150
  10. #867Latarsha150

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1974 →