Girls' name · since 1977
Lakeyla
20 babies named Lakeyla in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,068 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
20 girls have been named Lakeyla since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Lakeyla recorded 20 times among girls since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1984.
- #46,068 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakeyla ranks #46,068 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #46,068 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakeyla's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakeyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lakeyla splits its recorded history at 1982: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lakeyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1984
- Peak year (1982)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Lakeyla by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (14 births, 70% of the file).
1980s was Lakeyla's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Lakeyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 14 births (70% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lakeyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1977–1984 (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 Lakeyla 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.