Lakieta — girls' name
28 babies named Lakieta in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Lakieta was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Lakieta in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakieta
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Lakieta between 1975 and 1982, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakieta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakieta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lakieta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakieta 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 28 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.
Lakieta at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lakieta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1975
- Peak year (1975)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
28 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 11 births in a single year.
Lakieta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 18 births that decade — 64% of Lakieta's all-time total
Lakieta decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lakieta's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 1975–1982 (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.