Lakyra — girls' name
322 babies named Lakyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Lakyra was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Lakyra in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakyra
The Social Security Administration has registered 322 babies named Lakyra between 1986 and 2016, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakyra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakyra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lakyra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lakyra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakyra 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 322 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.
Lakyra at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lakyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1986
- Peak year (2000)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
322 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 27 births in a single year.
Lakyra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 178 births that decade — 55% of Lakyra's all-time total
Lakyra decade highlights
- Peak decade 178 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lakyra's strongest decade
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Lakyra by state
Where Lakyra concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 322 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1986–2016 (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.