Lakima — girls' name
61 babies named Lakima in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Lakima was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Lakima in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakima
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Lakima between 1975 and 1991, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakima currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakima performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lakima shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lakima in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakima 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 61 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.
Lakima at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lakima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1975
- Peak year (1976)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
61 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 11 births in a single year.
Lakima by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 31 births that decade — 51% of Lakima's all-time total
Lakima decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lakima's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Lakima by state
Where Lakima concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 21 | 34.4% |
21 of 61 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 34.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 34.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1975–1991 (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.