Girls' name · since 1975
Lakeyia
178 babies named Lakeyia in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 178
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
178 girls have been named Lakeyia since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakeyia has been recorded 178 times among girls since 1975, 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 1975 to 2001.
- #21,026 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 178 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakeyia ranks #21,026 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 178 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 178
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakeyia's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakeyia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lakeyia's SSA record in two at 1985 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 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lakeyia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2001
- Peak year (1983)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Lakeyia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (87 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Lakeyia's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Lakeyia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 87 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Lakeyia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (87 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lakeyia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1975–2001 (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 Lakeyia 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.