Girls' name · since 1977
Lakitta
25 babies named Lakitta in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakitta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 25 recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakitta has been recorded 25 times among girls since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1984.
- #43,221 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakitta ranks #43,221 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #43,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lakitta's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakitta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lakitta's full recorded timeline at 1981, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% 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.
Lakitta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1984
- Peak year (1977)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Lakitta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (15 births, 60% of the file).
1980s was Lakitta's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Lakitta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 15 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lakitta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~7 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, 1977–1984 (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 Lakitta 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.