Girls' name · since 1977
Lakida
Since 1977, U.S. Social Security records show 22 babies named Lakida, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #44,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakida sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 22 recorded since 1977.
Lakida has 22 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1982.
- #44,814 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakida ranks #44,814 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #44,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakida's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lakida's full recorded timeline at 1980, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lakida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1982
- Peak year (1980)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Lakida by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (17 births, 77% of the file).
1980s was Lakida's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Lakida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 17 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lakida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1977–1982 (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 Lakida 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.