Lakita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lakita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,627 babies named Lakita between 1963 and 2012, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 107 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 735 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lakita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Lakita in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lakita 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 1,627 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.