Lakeisha

Girl name

Lakeisha has been given to 12,886 babies in the U.S. since 1967. It peaked in 1979.

Meaning & origin

An African-American creation from the 1970s, possibly La- +&lrm; KeishaKEISHA.

Origin: coinages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

12,886

Peak year

1979 (824 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1967

10-year trend

▼ -100%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lakeisha.

12,870 babies since 1941

12,982 babies since 1969

12,772 babies since 1965

13,133 babies since 1944

12,464 babies since 1960

13,363 babies since 1919

13,431 babies since 1947

12,322 babies since 1967

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