Takeisha
Feminine
Takeisha belongs to a change in American naming that economists have dated almost to the year. Something happened around 1970: Black American families began giving distinctively new names in very large numbers, and the shift was sharp enough to be visible as a step in the national data rather than a slope.
How old is the name Takeisha?
Takeisha first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Takeisha alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 1,000 people named Takeisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Takeisha most popular?
Takeisha peaked in 1977, reaching #1682 nationally. See the whole 1977 chart.
Where it comes from
From a borrowed sound enters American naming in the 1960s to Takeisha
The story of Takeisha
The work has been done properly. Economists studying California birth records found that before about 1970 Black and white families were choosing from broadly the same pool of names, and that within a few years the pools had separated dramatically — with a rise in names that were new, distinctive and given almost exclusively within Black communities. The timing lines up with the Black Power movement, and the researchers argued that the shift was about identity rather than isolation. The names in question are still regularly described in the press as though nobody knows where they came from. The data says otherwise, and it says it precisely.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name is assembled from a front element and a base that were both productive in exactly those years, and neither has a meaning that can be looked up. What can be said is when: the family of names this belongs to did not drift into use, it arrived, and the arrival is one of the most abrupt changes in the whole American record.
How the name formed
- a borrowed sound enters American naming in the 1960s
- a sharp shift in naming practice around 1970
- front elements and bases combine freely
- Takeisha appears in the record at the start of the 1970s
- peaks in the middle of that decade
Related forms: Takisha · Keisha
Pronouncing Takeisha
tuh-KEE-shuh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. The ei writes a long e, which is one of the four things that pair of letters does in English and the commonest of them in names.
Nicknames for Takeisha
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
- 1970
- Most girls named
- 197963 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1682reached in 1977
- Change vs 2001
- −37.5%5 in 2002, 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.
Takeisha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Takisha in English — spelling variant
- Keisha in English — related form
Takeishas among us
people named Takeisha 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
Takeisha 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 sits inside it as a complete name with its own long history in the record.
- It is read correctly at sight and the spelling holds no surprises.
- The rhythm is the three-beat pattern English handles most comfortably.
- There are several spellings of the same sound and she will be given all of them.
- There is no meaning to report, and the honest answer to a child is that it was made for its sound.
- It is closely dated to a single decade.
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Frequently asked
- How many Takeishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Takeisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Takeisha in 2025?
- Takeisha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Takeisha with classmates?
- Takeisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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