Lakiyah — girls' name
305 babies named Lakiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Lakiyah was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Lakiyah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakiyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 305 babies named Lakiyah between 1996 and 2020, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakiyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakiyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lakiyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakiyah 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 305 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.
Lakiyah at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lakiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1996
- Peak year (2009)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
305 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 24 births in a single year.
Lakiyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 147 births that decade — 48% of Lakiyah's all-time total
Lakiyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 147 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lakiyah's strongest decade
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1996–2020 (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.