Lakisha
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331 · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #5,355
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 1,148 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,310since 1967
Lakisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Lakisha has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
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| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,476 | 51 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,367 | 55 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,447 | 111 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,345 | 124 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,215 | 142 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,095 | 160 | — | |
| 1989 | #930 | 193 | — | |
| 1988 | #770 | 243 | — | |
| 1987 | #680 | 271 | — | |
| 1986 | #591 | 326 | — | |
| 1985 | #542 | 368 | — | |
| 1984 | #435 | 482 | — | |
| 1983 | #393 | 560 | — | |
| 1982 | #337 | 711 | — | |
| 1981 | #300 | 803 | — | |
| 1980 | #274 | 912 | — | |
| 1979 | #244 | 1,042 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #233 | 1,066 | — | |
| 1977 | #214 | 1,148 | — | |
| 1976 | #261 | 914 | — | |
| 1975 | #287 | 838 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #345 | 630 | — | |
| 1973 | #478 | 375 | — | |
| 1972 | #661 | 227 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,010 | 123 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,804 | 49 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lakisha! It came in at #6,042, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2012–2015, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lakisha is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#33 · 1 in 146
- Mississippi#65 · 1 in 269
- Alabama#93 · 1 in 403
- Louisiana#98 · 1 in 451
- North Carolina#111 · 1 in 506
Best ever in a state: #22 in District of Columbia, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #33 | 38 | 1 in 146 |
| Mississippi | #65 | 57 | 1 in 269 |
| Alabama | #93 | 54 | 1 in 403 |
| Louisiana | #98 | 61 | 1 in 451 |
| North Carolina | #111 | 64 | 1 in 506 |
| South Carolina | #112 | 36 | 1 in 474 |
| Maryland | #133 | 30 | 1 in 609 |
| Georgia | #137 | 51 | 1 in 632 |
| Arkansas | #147 | 19 | 1 in 662 |
| Delaware | #147 | 5 | 1 in 556 |
| Tennessee | #152 | 40 | 1 in 697 |
| Florida | #163 | 52 | 1 in 847 |
| Virginia | #163 | 36 | 1 in 773 |
| Michigan | #182 | 58 | 1 in 992 |
| New York | #200 | 95 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Illinois | #206 | 62 | 1 in 1,144 |
| New Jersey | #208 | 32 | 1 in 1,133 |
| Missouri | #223 | 24 | 1 in 1,277 |
| Kansas | #245 | 10 | 1 in 1,343 |
| Ohio | #269 | 38 | 1 in 1,815 |
| Indiana | #282 | 19 | 1 in 1,831 |
| Texas | #303 | 61 | 1 in 1,695 |
| Pennsylvania | #340 | 27 | 1 in 2,445 |
| Kentucky | #381 | 8 | 1 in 2,986 |
| Oklahoma | #386 | 7 | 1 in 2,429 |
| Wisconsin | #431 | 7 | 1 in 4,138 |
| California | #475 | 52 | 1 in 2,949 |
| Massachusetts | #553 | 5 | 1 in 5,931 |
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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 Lakisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 349 spots in 1972 (#1,010 → #661)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1990 (#930 → #1,095)
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1977 at #214 (1,148 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1972–1989
- Highest: 1 in 1,335 girls born in 1977 were named Lakisha (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 52.1% of all girls named Lakisha (6,412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37 | #3,102 (1969) | #4,381 |
| 1970s | 6,412 | #214 (1977) | #554 |
| 1980s | 4,869 | #274 (1980) | #525 |
| 1990s | 818 | #1,095 (1990) | #2,268 |
| 2000s | 157 | #4,400 (2000) | #8,001 |
| 2010s | 17 | #14,331 (2016) | #15,382 |
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.
Lakisha in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 1,437 of them was named Lakisha, which outranked 98.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.