Lequisha

Girls' name

Variant of Lakeisha

Lequisha has been given to 141 babies in the U.S. since 1974. 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 1983, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Lequisha, 1992

1 in 480,000

Lequisha 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lequisha: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Lakeisha

coinages

What Lequisha means

Lequisha is a variant of Lakeisha.

Origin, language, and formation

Lequisha is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Lequisha is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lakeisha.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 141 girls were recorded with the name Lequisha between 1974 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1983; its best national rank was #6,031 in 1983.

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 Lequisha?

Lequisha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1992, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1992: 1 in 480,000; 8 of 3,839,369 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1992: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 332,657 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lequisha 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 1992 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 332,657 children born in 1992 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lequisha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lequishas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lequisha was born before 1983 — so the typical Lequisha is around 42 today.

Median birth year: 1983; About 42 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 56.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 141; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 56.0% of all recorded uses (79).

Is Lequisha 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 1983 (11)
Years since peak: 42; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,031; 1983

Spellings of Lequisha

Lequisha is not the most common spelling — Laquisha is, with 27.1% against Lequisha's 1.4%.

Laquisha27.1%2,728
Leisha20.9%2,108
Letisha18.8%1,894
Laquesha9.4%946
Lekisha9.1%914
Lekeisha7.8%785
Lequita5.5%552
Lequisha1.4%141

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.

Lequisha 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: #6,031; 1983
Peak year: 1983; 11 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 1992
All-time count: 141
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lequisha

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

Lequesha Zunaisha Parisha Veeksha Ritisha Hadasha Elaysha Preesha Elaisha Tanaysha Moneisha Carnesha Shakesha Naquisha Takeesha Areesha Caprisha Toniesha Phylisha Jakeisha Tekeisha Kaleisha Malaysha Chekesha

Sibling names for Lequisha

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

Afton Tanesha Matthew Adriane Thomas Holli Venessa Marquita

For a brother

Jerrod Marques Jamaal Donnell Brenton Chauncey Whitney Jerod

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