Girls' name · since 1976
Lakinya
27 babies named Lakinya in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,304 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Lakinya since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakinya has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1981.
- #42,304 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1976
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakinya ranks #42,304 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1976, peaking in the 1970s.
- #42,304 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lakinya's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakinya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lakinya's full recorded timeline at 1979, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lakinya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1981
- Peak year (1977)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Lakinya by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).
1970s was Lakinya's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Lakinya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Lakinya's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 1980s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lakinya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1976–1981 (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 Lakinya 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.