Baby name

Lakesha

Girl

Short-lived name

Lakesha peaked in 1978, when 1 baby in 4,674 was given the name. The trend faded fast: today's pace is 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 48% of all babies named Lakesha since 1880 were born in the 1970s.

8,168births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 329rank at its peak, in 1978

Where babies named Lakesha are born

1978

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The darker the blue, the more common Lakesha is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Lakesha is most common in Mississippi (4.8 times), Alabama (3.7) and South Carolina (3.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Lakeisha 12,850
Lakisha 12,310
Lakeshia 4,710
Latesha 3,110
Lakiesha 1,897
Lakeesha 1,370

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