Laketta — girls' name
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.
49% of everyone ever named Laketta was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Laketta in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laketta
The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Laketta between 1973 and 1994, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laketta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laketta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Laketta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laketta 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 188 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.
Laketta at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laketta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1973
- Peak year (1976)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
188 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 17 births in a single year.
Laketta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 93 births that decade — 49% of Laketta's all-time total
Laketta decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Laketta's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1973–1994 (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.