Lakyia — girls' name
97 babies named Lakyia in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Lakyia was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Lakyia in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakyia
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Lakyia between 1983 and 2019, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakyia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakyia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lakyia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakyia 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 97 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.
Lakyia at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lakyia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1983
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
97 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 11 births in a single year.
Lakyia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 48 births that decade — 49% of Lakyia's all-time total
Lakyia decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lakyia's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1983–2019 (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.