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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Lakesha

Lakesha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 329th with 679 babies. More babies were named Lakesha in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1978679 babies
Total since 1880
8,174babies recorded

Lakesha popularity since 1880

02505007501k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 6 since 1977.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#4,48327
1990#1,096160
1980#391585
1970#2,33233
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Lakesha, counting every spelling?

Lakesha has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Lakesha?

About 7,800 people born in the US named Lakesha are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 41 and 49. That makes Lakesha mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Lakesha by state

How common Lakesha was among girls born in each state in 1976–1980, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (5.2×), Alabama (4.3×), District of Columbia (3.9×), South Carolina (3.5×), Georgia (3.1×). In 23 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesWI0.33Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.69 per 1,000 babiesIL0.69Michigan: 0.47 per 1,000 babiesMI0.47New York: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesNY0.23Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesIN0.22Ohio: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesOH0.31Pennsylvania: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesPA0.18New Jersey: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.28Connecticut: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesCT0.08Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesCA0.16Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesMO0.45Kentucky: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesKY0.26West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.72 per 1,000 babiesVA0.72Maryland: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesMD1.1Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.06New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKS0.07Arkansas: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesAR1.1Tennessee: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesTN1.2North Carolina: 0.94 per 1,000 babiesNC0.94South Carolina: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesSC1.4District of Columbia: 1.6 per 1,000 babiesDC1.6Oklahoma: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesOK0.36Louisiana: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesLA1.1Mississippi: 2.1 per 1,000 babiesMS2.1Alabama: 1.7 per 1,000 babiesAL1.7Georgia: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesGA1.2Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesTX0.52Florida: 0.85 per 1,000 babiesFL0.85
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Lakesha, girls, 1976–1980. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Lakesha: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lakesha, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Lakesha

How popular is the name Lakesha?

Lakesha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 329th with 679 babies. More babies were named Lakesha in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Lakesha a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 8,168 girls and 6 boys.

Where was Lakesha most popular?

In 1976–1980, Lakesha was most common in Mississippi (2.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and District of Columbia.