Lakenya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lakenya

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,683 babies named Lakenya between 1969 and 2019, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakenya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 87 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakenya performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 561 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lakenya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Lakenya in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lakenya 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 1,683 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.