Girls' name · since 1974
Lakeda
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 53 babies named Lakeda, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,367 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
53 girls have been named Lakeda since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lakeda has 53 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1986.
- #34,367 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakeda ranks #34,367 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #34,367 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakeda's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakeda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lakeda's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lakeda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1986
- Peak year (1982)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Lakeda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (30 births, 57% of the file).
1980s was Lakeda's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Lakeda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 30 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lakeda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lakeda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.