Lekeisha
Feminine
Lekeisha is built from two pieces that both attach freely, which is why the record holds it and cannot explain it. Naming a child from a system rather than from a family tree is not unusual, and one of the most thorough such systems is in West Africa.
How old is the name Lekeisha?
Lekeisha first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Lekeisha alive today was born around 1981, making them about 44 years old. About 800 people named Lekeisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lekeisha most popular?
Lekeisha peaked in 1980, reaching #1657 nationally. See the whole 1980 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lekeisha
Among the Akan peoples of Ghana and Ivory Coast every child receives a day name automatically, determined by the day of the week on which it was born, with a separate set for boys and girls: Kwame for a boy born on Saturday, Akosua for a girl born on Sunday, Kofi for a Friday boy. Everybody has one, in addition to whatever else they are called, and the names traveled with the people who were taken from that coast. Cuffee, Quashee and Cudjo turn up in colonial American records as versions of them. That is a documented road, and it is worth knowing about for its own sake. It is not this name's road; nothing connects them, and pretending otherwise would be inventing a genealogy.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source has been documented. Keisha's own origin is argued over, and the prefix is one American naming attached to a great many bases. Claims connecting this family of names to specific African words are made often and shown rarely.
Pronouncing Lekeisha
luh-KEE-shuh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. The prefix is light enough to disappear in quick speech.
Nicknames for Lekeisha
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
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 198069 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1657reached in 1980
- Change vs 1996
- −25.0%6 in 1998, from 8
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.
Lekeishas among us
people named Lekeisha 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
Lekeisha 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 comes off it as a short form and stands perfectly well on its own.
- The stress falls where an English reader expects it, so first attempts usually land correctly.
- It is long enough to be distinctive and simple enough to spell after hearing it twice.
- Lakeisha, Lakisha and Lekisha are all in the record, so the spelling will be checked back with you often.
- No origin is documented, and confident claims about one are common and unsupported.
- It belongs audibly to one stretch of American naming, which places it in time for listeners of a certain age.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lekeishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Lekeisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lekeisha in 2025?
- Lekeisha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lekeisha with classmates?
- Lekeisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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