Lakeshia vs Lakeysha
American parents have registered 4,710 Lakeshias since 1880, against 1,225 Lakeyshas. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lakeshia Lakeysha
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Lakeshia has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1967 to 2009. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 2005, when Lakeshia had 10 and Lakeysha had 9.
Side by side
| Lakeshia | Lakeysha | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,710 | 1,225 |
| Most in one year | 315 | 98 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 4,500 | 1,200 |
| Median age today | 42 | 46 |
| Peak year | 1979 | 1977 |
| Best rank | 578th girls | 1,231st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1967 | 1970 |
| Girls / boys | 4,710 / 0 | 1,225 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Lakeyshas alive today are over 46; half the Lakeshias are over 42. That is 4 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Lakeshia Mississippi (6.6×), Alabama (5.0×), Louisiana (3.8×)
- Lakeysha Louisiana (4.3×), Michigan (3.0×), Florida (2.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lakeshia and Lakeysha.