Girl name#1,254 of girl names
Lakisha
Pronounced L AE1 K IH0 Z HH AA1 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1977
- 50 years in use
How popular is Lakisha?
Lakisha is a girls' name, and first appears in 1967. It has been given to 12,322 children — the 1,254th most common girls' name on record.
It has left circulation; 2016 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1977, when 1,148 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L AE1 K IH0 Z HH AA1 · L AE1 K IH1 Z HH AA1
- Stress pattern:
- 101 · 111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lakisha
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lakisha
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lakisha?
- Lakisha ranks 1,254th among girls' names in US records, with 12,322 births since 1967. Over the past decade it accounts for 49.
- Is Lakisha a unisex name?
- No. Lakisha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lakisha most popular?
- 1977, when 1,148 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2016.