Girls' name · since 1972
Laketia
141 babies named Laketia in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,421 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 141
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Laketia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 141 recorded since 1972.
Laketia has 141 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 1989.
- #23,421 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 141 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laketia ranks #23,421 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 141 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,421 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 141
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Laketia's 141 recorded births place it above 67.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laketia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Laketia's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Laketia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1989
- Peak year (1976)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Laketia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (74 births, 52% of the file).
1970s was Laketia's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Laketia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 74 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Laketia's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 1980s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laketia: 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 (~17 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, 1972–1989 (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 Laketia 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.