Lakeisha
Feminine
Lakeisha is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 12,850 girls against 36 boys since 1880.
Lakeisha joins the La- prefix to Keisha — a name that is itself a twentieth-century coinage — so both halves were made rather than inherited, which is the honest and the interesting fact about it.
How old is the name Lakeisha?
Lakeisha first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Lakeisha alive today was born around 1982, making them about 43 years old. About 12,500 people named Lakeisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lakeisha most popular?
Lakeisha peaked in 1978, reaching #286 nationally. See the whole 1978 chart.
Where it comes from
From Keisha to Lakeisha
The story of Lakeisha
From the late 1960s, Black American families coined given names in large and well-documented numbers, drawing on a consistent set of components: the prefixes La-, Sha-, Ta- and De-, and stems and endings chosen for sound. The names were new by design. Keisha and Lakeisha both belong to that body of work, and Lakeisha rose through the 1970s to a peak in the early 1980s.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No inherited meaning. The La- prefix is a naming marker rather than a word. The stem Keisha has been linked to the Hebrew Keziah, a daughter of Job named for the cassia plant, but that connection is a later rationalisation rather than a documented derivation.
How the name formed
- Keisha
- Lakeisha
Related forms: LaKeisha · Lakisha · Lakeshia
Pronouncing Lakeisha
luh-KEE-shuh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some families capitalize the K — LaKeisha — which marks the prefix on the page without changing the sound.
Nicknames for Lakeisha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1967
- Most girls named
- 1978812 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #286reached in 1978
- Change vs 2023
- 0.0%9 in 2024, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lakeisha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- LaKeisha in English — spelling variant
- Lakisha in English — spelling variant
- Lakeshia in English — spelling variant
Lakeishas among us
people named Lakeisha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Lakeisha has already lived its whole cycle: it rose, had its era, and has stepped off the charts. The fashion question is behind it — what lies ahead is the waiting room where revivals begin, once a name's first generation has grown distant enough for it to sound fresh again.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It comes from a documented and deliberate naming tradition, which is a real history in itself.
- Three syllables with a strong middle, a rhythm that carries well when spoken.
- Keisha works as a short form and stands on its own.
- It has no inherited meaning, which matters to families for whom that is the point.
- Several spellings are in use, so the written form has to be given.
- The name is closely associated with the 1980s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lakeishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 12,500 people named Lakeisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lakeisha in 2025?
- Lakeisha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lakeisha with classmates?
- Lakeisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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