Girls' name · since 1970
Lakesia
559 babies named Lakesia in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,061 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 559
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
559 girls have been named Lakesia since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lakesia has 559 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2003.
- #11,061 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 559 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakesia ranks #11,061 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 559 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #11,061 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 559
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lakesia's 559 recorded births place it above 84.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
Lakesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lakesia's full recorded timeline at 1982, 33% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 67% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 48 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lakesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2003
- Peak year (1976)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Lakesia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (313 births, 56% of the file).
1970s was Lakesia's strongest decade.
313 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Lakesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
313 births
- 1980s
1980s
203 births
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 313 births (56% of all-time use).
How Lakesia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lakesia's total volume
Lakesia by state
Where Lakesia concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 57 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 32 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 31 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 12 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
57 of 559 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Lakesia's data
- Lakesia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (313 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Lakesias (57 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lakesia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1970–2003 (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 Lakesia 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.