Girls' name · since 1986
Lakrista
Lakrista has 57 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
57 girls have been named Lakrista since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Lakrista recorded 57 times among girls since 1986, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2002.
- #33,490 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 57 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakrista ranks #33,490 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 57 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lakrista's 57 recorded births place it above 53.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakrista's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lakrista's full recorded timeline at 1994, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lakrista popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2002
- Peak year (1993)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Lakrista by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (38 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Lakrista's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Lakrista births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 38 births (67% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lakrista's data
- Lakrista's decade-level peak was the 1990s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lakrista: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1986–2002 (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 Lakrista 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.