Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lekesha

#9,143 most common girls' name of all time · #15,253 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–1996

Rank among girls
#9,143
Rank overall
#15,253 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
25 of 146
All-time
671
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1979 #1,789
Best rank
#1,744 1978
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
1980

Lekesha first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1996 5 5 #14,187
1994 5 5 #14,085
1993 8 8 #9,941
1992 7 7 #10,929
1991 14 14 #6,421
1990 15 15 #6,009
1989 17 17 #5,207
1988 26 26 #3,662
1987 16 16 #5,011
1986 19 19 #4,297
1985 17 17 #4,580
1984 23 23 #3,595
1983 33 33 #2,714
1982 35 35 #2,694
1981 38 38 #2,525
1980 53 53 #2,009
1979 61 61 #1,789
1978 60 60 #1,744
1977 55 55 #1,855
1976 39 39 #2,208
1975 36 36 #2,319
1974 44 44 #1,960
1973 20 20 #3,340
1972 15 15 #4,084
1971 10 10 #5,530