Lakesha
Lakesha is a name with a single cultural origin: African American.
- African American
Meaning & Origin of Lakesha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lakesha is a name with a single cultural origin: African American.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- African American
The Story of Lakesha
The earliest SSA record of Lakesha as a baby girl name dates back to 1967, when 8 babies received it. 1978 was its biggest year on record, with 679 newborns named Lakesha — #329 in the national rankings. About 48% of every Lakesha on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Lakesha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lakesha
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lakesha. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Lakesha
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About the name Lakesha
Lakesha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Lakesha's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #329. Use the chart and map above to compare Lakesha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.