Lakayla — #12469 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lakayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,340 babies named Lakayla between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakayla currently holds the #12469 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 651 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lakayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 78 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Lakayla in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lakayla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,340 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.