Lakiesha

Peak · girls
1979 · 128 births
Debut · girls
17 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,897
since 1971

Lakiesha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lakiesha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #1,074, 1979girls
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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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2008#15,4056
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2006#17,1685
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2004#12,7617
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2002#13,5956
2001#7,31714
2000#15,0315
1999#9,4799
1998#7,10413
1997#6,48314
1996#4,73921
1995#4,09925
1994#3,89227
1993#3,87727
1992#3,34333
1991#2,48450
1990#2,12861
1989#2,16956
1988#1,70475
1987#1,99156
1986#1,58875
1985#1,62173
1984#1,44680
1983#1,220104
1982#1,30896
1981#1,32894
1980#1,183113
1979#1,074128
1978#1,087120
1977#1,110115
1976#1,134104
1975#1,19297
1974#1,28483
1973#1,58958
1972#2,39830
1971#3,65217
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Lakiesha! It came in at #3,652, and was given to 17 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lakiesha is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Lakiesha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Lakiesha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1979 at #1,074 (128 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,541
  • Highest: 1 in 12,541 girls born in 1979 were named Lakiesha (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 315,156 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 43.3% of all girls named Lakiesha (822) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s752#1,074 (1979)#1,613
1980s822#1,183 (1980)#1,556
1990s280#2,128 (1990)#4,763
2000s43#7,317 (2001)#13,546

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.

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