# Lakisha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lakisha/  
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 | 12,322 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12 / 12,310 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 89, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 41 | 3,089 |
| 1999 | 24 | 4,665 |
| 2000 | 27 | 4,484 |
| 2001 | 23 | 5,099 |
| 2002 | 19 | 6,027 |
| 2003 | 18 | 6,460 |
| 2004 | 16 | 7,261 |
| 2005 | 13 | 8,629 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11,990 |
| 2007 | 14 | 8,814 |
| 2008 | 9 | 12,156 |
| 2009 | 9 | 12,019 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,611 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,903 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,393 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 6 | 5,153 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,763 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 7 | 2,165 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1,970 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2,466 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 14 | 1,741 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |

## 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.