# Lakeisha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lakeisha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lakeshia, Lakesha, Lakisha, Laquisha |
| US babies named this | 12,886 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 36 / 12,850 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 203, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An African-American creation from the 1970s, possibly La- + Keisha.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 22 | 6,218 |
| 2010 | 16 | 7,739 |
| 2011 | 17 | 7,290 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,649 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,991 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,016 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,562 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,389 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,227 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,923 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,665 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,611 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,637 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,794 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,726 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 4,707 |
| 1978 | 9 | 4,030 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,265 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,639 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,966 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9 | 2,247 |
| 2006 | 18 | 1,386 |
| 2007 | 12 | 1,965 |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,718 |
| 2009 | 12 | 2,019 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Lakeisha

- Lakeisha Patterson, Australian Paralympic swimmer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.