Takesha
Feminine
The e and the i in this base write the same vowel. Takesha and Takisha are one name; the letter in the middle sits in a syllable that carries the stress but not the identity, and the record carries both spellings in roughly equal numbers with no way to choose between them.
How old is the name Takesha?
Takesha first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Takesha alive today was born around 1980, making them about 45 years old. About 900 people named Takesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Takesha most popular?
Takesha peaked in 1976, reaching #1482 nationally. See the whole 1976 chart.
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Where it comes from
From an Arabic name enters American use through conversion to Takesha
Our story of Takesha
English has half a dozen ways of writing the long e and no preference among them. Ee is unambiguous; ea is not; ie goes either way; e alone depends on what follows; and in a borrowed or invented name any of them is defensible. That is why a single family of names can produce ten spellings without anybody being wrong — the alternatives are all legal, none of them is standard, and the register simply records what each household wrote down on the day.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The base carries the sound of an Arabic name that entered American use through conversion and then came loose from it. The front element is one of a small productive set. The vowel that differs between the spellings is a genuine long e in both, and the choice between the letters is about which of two conventions a family reached for.
How the name formed
- an Arabic name enters American use through conversion
- the sound detaches and becomes a base
- English offers several spellings of the long e
- Takesha appears in the record in the early 1970s
- peaks in the middle of that decade
Related forms: Takisha · Keisha
Pronouncing Takesha
tuh-KEE-shuh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. The stressed vowel is a long e whichever letter writes it.
Nicknames for Takesha
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
- 197980 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1482reached in 1976
- Change vs 1998
- −25.0%6 in 1999, 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.
Takesha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Takisha in English — spelling variant
- Keisha in English — related form
Takeshas among us
people named Takesha 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
Takesha 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
- Kesha is available as a shorter, self-contained name.
- It is read correctly at sight by anybody.
- The rhythm carries well when the name is called.
- Several spellings of the same name chart and she will be given most of them.
- There is no meaning to give her and no origin outside the pattern.
- It is closely dated to the 1970s.
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- How many Takeshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Takesha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
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- Takesha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Takesha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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