Lakeshia
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 302 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,710since 1967
Lakeshia over time
Rank among girls' names. Lakeshia has never cracked the top 500 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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| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
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| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 |
| 1993 | #1,967 | 71 |
| 1992 | #1,575 | 98 |
| 1991 | #1,407 | 114 |
| 1990 | #897 | 214 |
| 1989 | #825 | 230 |
| 1988 | #789 | 238 |
| 1987 | #669 | 278 |
| 1986 | #656 | 281 |
| 1985 | #701 | 249 |
| 1984 | #890 | 168 |
| 1983 | #898 | 168 |
| 1982 | #823 | 191 |
| 1981 | #785 | 207 |
| 1980 | #728 | 229 |
| 1979 | #578 | 315 |
| 1978 | #611 | 280 |
| 1977 | #576 | 302 |
| 1976 | #649 | 239 |
| 1975 | #734 | 200 |
| 1974 | #863 | 151 |
| 1973 | #1,109 | 101 |
| 1972 | #1,724 | 51 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
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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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#143 · 1 in 688
- Alabama#150 · 1 in 790
- North Carolina#240 · 1 in 1,482
- Tennessee#249 · 1 in 1,531
- South Carolina#269 · 1 in 1,610
Best ever in a state: #102 in Mississippi, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #143 | 20 | 1 in 688 |
| Alabama | #150 | 27 | 1 in 790 |
| North Carolina | #240 | 24 | 1 in 1,482 |
| Tennessee | #249 | 18 | 1 in 1,531 |
| South Carolina | #269 | 11 | 1 in 1,610 |
| Louisiana | #322 | 15 | 1 in 1,880 |
| Georgia | #327 | 17 | 1 in 2,217 |
| Virginia | #339 | 15 | 1 in 2,249 |
| Arkansas | #376 | 5 | 1 in 2,483 |
| Florida | #494 | 18 | 1 in 3,691 |
| Indiana | #514 | 7 | 1 in 4,695 |
| Illinois | #562 | 16 | 1 in 4,434 |
| Texas | #675 | 24 | 1 in 5,486 |
| Ohio | #754 | 8 | 1 in 8,493 |
| Michigan | #771 | 7 | 1 in 8,075 |
| Pennsylvania | #932 | 6 | 1 in 11,455 |
| New York | #1,161 | 9 | 1 in 12,054 |
| California | #1,663 | 10 | 1 in 20,770 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1977 at #576 (302 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1974–1990
- 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%)
- 47.5% of all girls named Lakeshia (2,239) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22 | #5,147 (1968) | #5,548 |
| 1970s | 1,705 | #576 (1977) | #1,170 |
| 1980s | 2,239 | #656 (1986) | #776 |
| 1990s | 676 | #897 (1990) | #3,271 |
| 2000s | 68 | #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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
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1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 6,105 of them was named Lakeshia, which outranked 94.9% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #650Maryann283
- #654Dominque282
- #654Selena282
- #656Lakeshia281
- #656Hanna281
- #656Kim281
- #656Marcella281
- #661Ali280
- #661Leeann280
- #663Maranda279
Tied with 4 names at #656; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.