Lakeshia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-KEE-shuh
- Origin
- Modern
Lakeshia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Lakeshia come from?
Modern: La- prefix plus Keshia or Keisha
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lakeshia a girl's or a boy's name?
Lakeshia is a girls' name.
How popular is Lakeshia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1979, with 315 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Lakeshia in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lakeshia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,962 |
| 1992 | 98 | #1,572 |
| 1991 | 114 | #1,403 |
| 1990 | 214 | #895 |
| 1989 | 230 | #823 |
| 1988 | 238 | #789 |
| 1987 | 278 | #669 |
| 1986 | 281 | #656 |
| 1985 | 249 | #701 |
| 1984 | 168 | #890 |
| 1983 | 168 | #898 |
| 1982 | 191 | #823 |
| 1981 | 207 | #785 |
| 1980 | 229 | #728 |
| 1979 | 315 | #578 |
| 1978 | 280 | #611 |
| 1977 | 302 | #576 |
| 1976 | 239 | #649 |
| 1975 | 200 | #734 |
| 1974 | 151 | #863 |
| 1973 | 101 | #1,109 |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,724 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
Names like Lakeshia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Sasha, Alisha, Shayla, Summer, Jamia, Jamila, Yesenia, Samira, Samia, Tamia, Khadija
Names related to Lakeshia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lakeshia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lakeshia, updated 20 October 2026.