Lakesha
Feminine
Lakesha is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 8,168 girls against 6 boys since 1880.
Lakesha joins the La- prefix to the -kesha ending, both of them productive parts of American naming — a built name from one of the best-documented waves of name-making in English.
How old is the name Lakesha?
Lakesha first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Lakesha alive today was born around 1980, making them about 45 years old. About 7,900 people named Lakesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lakesha most popular?
Lakesha peaked in 1978, reaching #329 nationally. See the whole 1978 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lakesha
Our story of Lakesha is a story of parts in circulation. By the late 1960s a set of American naming elements was widely shared — La-, Sha-, Ta-, De- at the front; -isha, -esha, -ika at the back — and families combined them the way English has always built the names it needed. Lakesha appears in the registers from the late 1960s, rises through the 1970s, and peaks in the mid-1970s. Its history is short, documented, and entirely American.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established etymology, and honest sources say so. The La- prefix and the -esha/-eisha ending were both highly productive in American naming from the 1960s. Occasional attributions to Arabic or to Aisha are sometimes made but the compound itself is a modern coinage.
Pronouncing Lakesha
luh-KEE-shuh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Lakesha, Lakeisha and Lakisha are said identically.
Nicknames for Lakesha
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
- 1978679 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #329reached in 1978
- Change vs 2007
- −53.3%7 in 2008, from 15
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.
Lakesha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lakeisha in English — spelling variant
- Lakisha in English — spelling variant
- Keisha in English — related form
Lakeshas among us
people named Lakesha 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
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lakesha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Keisha is available as a short form with its own substantial record.
- It belongs to a real and well-documented period of American name-building.
- Three syllables with a strong middle, a rhythm that carries well.
- There is no inherited meaning, and claims of one are not evidenced.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in common use.
- It is closely dated to the 1970s in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lakeshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,900 people named Lakesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lakesha in 2025?
- Lakesha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lakesha with classmates?
- Lakesha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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