Lekesha
Feminine
Lekesha is one of a set of spellings that the record holds side by side with nothing to separate them. The English condiment its middle approaches began as something entirely different and took two centuries to arrive at tomatoes.
How old is the name Lekesha?
Lekesha first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Lekesha alive today was born around 1979, making them about 46 years old. About 600 people named Lekesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lekesha most popular?
Lekesha peaked in 1978, reaching #1729 nationally. See the whole 1978 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lekesha
Ketchup was a fish sauce. The word appears to come from a Hokkien term for a fermented fish brine, picked up by English traders in Southeast Asia in the seventeenth century, and the earliest English recipes are for exactly that: anchovies, salt and spices, left to ferment and strained. Then cooks began making the same thing with whatever was to hand. Mushroom ketchup was the standard kind for well over a century and is still made; there were walnut, oyster, cucumber and lemon versions. Tomato ketchup is a nineteenth-century American arrival, and the sweet, thick, vinegar-heavy version everyone now means dates from the eighteen-seventies, when sugar and vinegar replaced the fermentation that had preserved it. The word traveled from a Chinese dialect to a Malay port to an English kitchen to an American bottle.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is documented. A free prefix on a free base, both in wide circulation in the decades this name appeared. Glosses naming Arabic, Hebrew or an African language are supplied afterwards and produce no word.
Pronouncing Lekesha
luh-KEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The prefix is light enough to disappear in quick speech, leaving the base alone.
Nicknames for Lekesha
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
- 197961 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1729reached in 1978
- Change vs 1994
- 0.0%5 in 1996, from 5
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.
Lekeshas among us
people named Lekesha 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
Lekesha 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
- Middle stress on three syllables is the easiest rhythm English offers.
- Kesha detaches cleanly and is a complete name.
- The spelling is phonetic and can be written from hearing.
- Lakeisha, Lakesha and Lekeisha are all recorded and will be written for it.
- The spelling has to be given aloud every time, without exception.
- No meaning can honestly be given for either element.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lekeshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Lekesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lekesha in 2025?
- Lekesha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lekesha with classmates?
- Lekesha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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