Lakeyla — girls' name
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.
70% of everyone ever named Lakeyla was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Lakeyla in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakeyla
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Lakeyla between 1977 and 1984, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakeyla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakeyla performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lakeyla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakeyla 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 20 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.
Lakeyla at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lakeyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1977
- Peak year (1982)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
20 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 9 births in a single year.
Lakeyla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 14 births that decade — 70% of Lakeyla's all-time total
Lakeyla decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lakeyla's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% 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, 1977–1984 (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.