Given name
Lakeshia
“a lively and healthy woman”·“the favorite”
Lakeshia is a variant of Lakeisha. Interpretations include “a lively and healthy woman” and “the favorite”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lakeshia is a variant of Lakeisha. Interpretations include “a lively and healthy woman” and “the favorite”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lakeshia is a variant of Lakeisha. Lakeisha has been associated with American and African naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lakeshia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,710
- 0 boys · 4,710 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 315 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 315 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,639 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lakeshia’s family of names
In English usage, Lakeshia has a related form in Lakeisha.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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