Girls' name · since 1972
Lakeena
71 babies named Lakeena in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
71 girls have been named Lakeena since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lakeena has 71 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 1988.
- #30,964 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakeena ranks #30,964 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #30,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakeena's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakeena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lakeena's full recorded timeline at 1983, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lakeena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1988
- Peak year (1985)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Lakeena by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (60 births, 85% of the file).
1980s was Lakeena's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Lakeena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 60 births (85% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lakeena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1972–1988 (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 Lakeena 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.