Girls' name · since 1979
Lakeila
24 babies named Lakeila in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakeila is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 24 have been recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakeila has been recorded 24 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1986.
- #43,665 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakeila ranks #43,665 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #43,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakeila's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakeila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lakeila splits its recorded history at 1982: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lakeila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1986
- Peak year (1981)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Lakeila by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (19 births, 79% of the file).
1980s was Lakeila's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Lakeila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 19 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lakeila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~7 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, 1979–1986 (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 Lakeila 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.