Lakenia — girls' name
17 babies named Lakenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Lakenia was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Lakenia in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakenia
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Lakenia between 1975 and 1979, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakenia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakenia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakenia 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 17 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.
Lakenia at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lakenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1975
- Peak year (1977)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
17 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 7 births in a single year.
Lakenia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Lakenia's all-time total
Lakenia decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lakenia's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1975–1979 (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.