Lakisha
Feminine
Lakisha is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 12,310 girls against 12 boys since 1880.
Lakisha joins the La- prefix to Keisha, and Keisha is itself a coinage — so the name is built entirely from parts made in the twentieth century, which is not a flaw in it but the whole point.
How old is the name Lakisha?
Lakisha first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Lakisha alive today was born around 1979, making them about 46 years old. About 12,000 people named Lakisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lakisha most popular?
Lakisha peaked in 1977, reaching #214 nationally. See the whole 1977 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Keisha to Lakisha
The story of Lakisha
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 Lakisha both belong to that body of work, and Lakisha 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 connected to the Hebrew Keziah — a daughter of Job, from a word for the cassia plant — but that link is a later rationalisation rather than a documented derivation. The name is best understood as constructed rather than descended.
How the name formed
- Keisha
- Lakisha
Related forms: LaKisha · Lakeisha · Lakeshia
Pronouncing Lakisha
luh-KEE-shuh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some families capitalize the K — LaKisha — which marks the prefix on the page without changing the sound.
Nicknames for Lakisha
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
- 19771,148 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #214reached in 1977
- Change vs 2011
- 0.0%6 in 2016, from 6
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.
Lakisha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- LaKisha in English — spelling variant
- Lakeisha in English — spelling variant
- Lakeshia in English — spelling variant
Lakishas among us
people named Lakisha 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
Lakisha 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.
- Kisha 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 Lakishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 12,000 people named Lakisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lakisha in 2025?
- Lakisha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lakisha with classmates?
- Lakisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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