Lakendra — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lakendra

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,289 babies named Lakendra between 1970 and 2020, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakendra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 177 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakendra performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 968 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lakendra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 360 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Lakendra in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lakendra 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 2,289 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.