Lakiesha
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 128 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,897since 1971
Lakiesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Lakiesha 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.
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| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
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| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
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| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
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| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 |
| 1991 | #2,484 | 50 |
| 1990 | #2,128 | 61 |
| 1989 | #2,169 | 56 |
| 1988 | #1,704 | 75 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 75 |
| 1985 | #1,621 | 73 |
| 1984 | #1,446 | 80 |
| 1983 | #1,220 | 104 |
| 1982 | #1,308 | 96 |
| 1981 | #1,328 | 94 |
| 1980 | #1,183 | 113 |
| 1979 | #1,074 | 128 |
| 1978 | #1,087 | 120 |
| 1977 | #1,110 | 115 |
| 1976 | #1,134 | 104 |
| 1975 | #1,192 | 97 |
| 1974 | #1,284 | 83 |
| 1973 | #1,589 | 58 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#365 · 1 in 2,434
- Arkansas#392 · 1 in 2,591
- South Carolina#399 · 1 in 2,464
- North Carolina#508 · 1 in 4,107
- Georgia#516 · 1 in 3,735
Best ever in a state: #247 in District of Columbia, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #365 | 8 | 1 in 2,434 |
| Arkansas | #392 | 5 | 1 in 2,591 |
| South Carolina | #399 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| North Carolina | #508 | 8 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Georgia | #516 | 9 | 1 in 3,735 |
| Michigan | #629 | 10 | 1 in 5,958 |
| Ohio | #771 | 8 | 1 in 9,011 |
| New Jersey | #836 | 5 | 1 in 7,438 |
| Texas | #965 | 12 | 1 in 9,259 |
| Illinois | #1,154 | 6 | 1 in 12,449 |
| New York | #1,589 | 5 | 1 in 19,785 |
| 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 Lakiesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1979 at #1,074 (128 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 43.3% of all girls named Lakiesha (822) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 752 | #1,074 (1979) | #1,613 |
| 1980s | 822 | #1,183 (1980) | #1,556 |
| 1990s | 280 | #2,128 (1990) | #4,763 |
| 2000s | 43 | #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.
Lakiesha 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 12,541 of them was named Lakiesha, which outranked 91.0% 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).
- #1,069Mandie129
- #1,069Patty129
- #1,069Timothy129
- #1,074Lakiesha128
- #1,074Angelita128
- #1,074Carole128
- #1,074Elsie128
- #1,080Andrew127
- #1,080Brandon127
- #1,080Justin127
Tied with 5 names at #1,074; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.