Lakyla — #14237 US girls' name
123 babies named Lakyla in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to girls today.
69% of everyone ever named Lakyla was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Lakyla in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakyla
The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Lakyla between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakyla currently holds the #14237 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakyla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lakyla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakyla 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 123 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.
Lakyla at a glance
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Current rank
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Lakyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2009)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #14237 among girls.
123 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 13 births in a single year.
Lakyla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 85 births that decade — 69% of Lakyla's all-time total
Lakyla decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lakyla's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% 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, 1999–2024 (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.