Girl · Modern American coinage
Lakisha
Say it: lah-KEE-shah
Meaning
A modern African American coinage combining the prefix La- with Kisha (Keisha).
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in the 1970s, the peak of La- names.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 12,319 babies given this name since 1967
- At its height in 1977, about 1 in 1,300 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: LaKisha, Lakeisha, Lakesha
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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