Recorded 1975–1999 Girls' name Peak 1985 182 births

Lakea — girls' name

182 babies named Lakea in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s371980s961990s49
1980s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Lakea was born in this single decade.

1985
Single peak year

16 babies were named Lakea in 1985 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lakea

The Social Security Administration has registered 182 babies named Lakea between 1975 and 1999, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lakea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lakea 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 182 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.

Lakea at a glance

Last recorded 1999

Total births

182

Since 1975

25 years of records

Peak year

1985

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1999

Active since

1975

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 1999

Lakea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1975

Last recorded 1999
Peak year (1985)
16
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
05101520 19991994199019871984198119781975 6

Lakea by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
96 births that decade — 53% of Lakea's all-time total
1970s371980s961990s49

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lakea?
182 babies have been named Lakea since 1975. It was last recorded in 1999. The peak year was 1985 with 16 births.
When was Lakea most popular?
Lakea was most popular in the 1980s decade with 96 total births. The single peak year was 1985.
How long has the name Lakea been used?
Lakea has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 25 years of data through 1999.
What names are similar to Lakea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lakeisha, Lakisha, Lakesha, Laken, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.