Girls' name · since 1973
Laketta
188 babies named Laketta in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 188
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
188 girls have been named Laketta since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laketta has been recorded 188 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1994.
- #20,460 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 188 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laketta ranks #20,460 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 188 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 188
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Laketta's 188 recorded births place it above 71.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laketta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laketta splits its recorded history at 1983: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1976 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laketta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1994
- Peak year (1976)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Laketta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (93 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Laketta's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Laketta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
77 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 93 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Laketta's data
- Laketta's decade-level peak was the 1980s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Laketta: 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 (~21 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, 1973–1994 (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 Laketta 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.