# Lakeshia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lakeshia/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,710 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,710 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

A variant of Lakeisha.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 71 | 1,977 |
| 1994 | 50 | 2,523 |
| 1995 | 45 | 2,708 |
| 1996 | 32 | 3,540 |
| 1997 | 21 | 4,933 |
| 1998 | 20 | 5,258 |
| 1999 | 11 | 8,549 |
| 2000 | 13 | 7,826 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9,773 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,988 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10,097 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,580 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14,772 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19,197 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,339 |

## 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.