Arkesha

Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Arkesha has been given to 26 babies in the U.S. since 1977. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1984, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Arkesha, 1989

1 in 768,000

Arkesha over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arkesha: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Arkesha means

Arkesha is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Arkesha is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Arkesha is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 26 girls were recorded with the name Arkesha between 1977 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1984; its best national rank was #6,334 in 1984.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Arkesha?

Arkesha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1989, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1989: 1 in 768,000; 5 of 3,842,268 births
Among girls only: 1 in 368,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1989: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,653 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arkesha sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1989 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 532,653 children born in 1989 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arkesha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arkeshas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arkesha was born before 1984 — so the typical Arkesha is around 41 today.

Median birth year: 1984; About 41 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 57.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 26; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 57.7% of all recorded uses (15).

Is Arkesha rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1984 (10)
Years since peak: 41; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,334; 1984

Spellings of Arkesha

Arkesha is not the most common spelling — Lakesha is, with 16.1% against Arkesha's 0.05%.

Lakesha16.1%8,168
Alesha14.8%7,547
Ayesha13.2%6,696
Aretha11.1%5,656
Kesha10.3%5,248
Aleesha3.8%1,942
Arletha3.2%1,640
Akasha2.8%1,433

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Arkesha by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,334; 1984
Peak year: 1984; 10 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 1989
All-time count: 26
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Arkesha

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Arkisha Arkeisha Prinsha Navisha Devisha Ineisha Kylisha Shrisha Nivisha Vidisha Farisha Arkeria Akansha Havisha Dhrisha Shreesha Anvisha Zaisha Jatasha Dyeisha Ryeisha Genesha Jimisha Qunesha

Sibling names for Arkesha

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Venessa Linsey Candis Tanesha Kristan Matthew Tera Santana

For a brother

Marques Brenton Jerrod Whitney Shea Jamaal Darnell Derik

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