Lakya — girls' name
241 babies named Lakya in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Lakya was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Lakya in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakya
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Lakya between 1980 and 2018, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lakya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakya 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 241 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.
Lakya at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lakya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1980
- Peak year (2007)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
241 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 20 births in a single year.
Lakya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 144 births that decade — 60% of Lakya's all-time total
Lakya decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lakya's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% 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, 1980–2018 (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.