Girls' name · since 1980
Lakya
Lakya has 241 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,941 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lakya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 241 recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakya has been recorded 241 times among girls since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2018.
- #17,941 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 241 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lakya ranks #17,941 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 241 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,941 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lakya's 241 recorded births place it above 75.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lakya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lakya's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lakya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2018
- Peak year (2007)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Lakya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (144 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Lakya's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Lakya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
144 births
- 2010s 47
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 144 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Lakya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2010s -- 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 Lakya: 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 (~38 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, 1980–2018 (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 Lakya 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.