How Many People Are Named Lakisha?
people named Lakisha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 28,969 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,322 babies named Lakisha in Social Security records from 1967 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,148 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name KISHA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lakisha (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lakisha alive today is about 45 years old, and 97% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 42 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lakisha first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 1977, to 1,148 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2016
🏆 Rank History
Lakisha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #214, in 1977.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #214 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #358 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lakisha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lakisha were born in New York than in any other state: about 914 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lakisha was given 7.9 times as often in District of Columbia, 3.5 times in Mississippi and 2.9 times in North Carolina.
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