Recorded 2000–2012 Girls' name Peak 2010 56 births

Lakyah — girls' name

56 babies named Lakyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s332010s23
2000s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Lakyah was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

10 babies were named Lakyah in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lakyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Lakyah between 2000 and 2012, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lakyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lakyah 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 56 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.

Lakyah at a glance

Last recorded 2012

Total births

56

Since 2000

13 years of records

Peak year

2010

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2012

Active since

2000

Recorded for 13 years

Last year on file: 2012

Lakyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2000

Last recorded 2012
Peak year (2010)
10
Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
4681012 20122011201020082006200520042000 6

Lakyah by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
33 births that decade — 59% of Lakyah's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lakyah?
56 babies have been named Lakyah since 2000. It was last recorded in 2012. The peak year was 2010 with 10 births.
When was Lakyah most popular?
Lakyah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Lakyah been used?
Lakyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 13 years of data through 2012.
What names are similar to Lakyah?
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, 2000–2012 (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.