Lakeita — girls' name
292 babies named Lakeita in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Lakeita was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Lakeita in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakeita
The Social Security Administration has registered 292 babies named Lakeita between 1973 and 1992, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakeita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakeita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lakeita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lakeita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakeita 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 292 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.
Lakeita at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lakeita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1973
- Peak year (1984)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
292 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 24 births in a single year.
Lakeita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 175 births that decade — 60% of Lakeita's all-time total
Lakeita decade highlights
- Peak decade 175 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lakeita's strongest decade
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Lakeita by state
Where Lakeita concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 292 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–1992 (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.