Recorded 1974–2019 Girls' name Peak 2004 671 births

Lakiya — girls' name

671 babies named Lakiya in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s511980s1081990s1292000s2642010s119
2000s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Lakiya was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

33 babies were named Lakiya in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lakiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 671 babies named Lakiya between 1974 and 2019, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakiya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakiya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lakiya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lakiya in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lakiya 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 671 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.

Lakiya at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

671

Since 1974

46 years of records

Peak year

2004

33 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1974

Recorded for 46 years

Last year on file: 2019

Lakiya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1974

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2004)
33
Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
010203040 201920132007200119951989198319771974 5

Lakiya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
264 births that decade — 39% of Lakiya's all-time total
1970s511980s1081990s1292000s2642010s119

Lakiya by state

Where Lakiya concentrates geographically — total births since 1974

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Lakiya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Michigan
6 0.9%
#2 Georgia
5 0.7%
#3 Illinois
5 0.7%
#4 Texas
5 0.7%
Michigan share of Lakiya's total US births 0.9%
Even split

6 of 671 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lakiya?
671 babies have been named Lakiya since 1974. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2004 with 33 births.
When was Lakiya most popular?
Lakiya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 264 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Lakiya most popular?
The top states for the name Lakiya are Michigan (6 births), Georgia (5 births), Illinois (5 births).
How long has the name Lakiya been used?
Lakiya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 46 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Lakiya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lakeisha, Lakisha, Lakesha, Laken, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1974–2019 (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.