Girls' name · since 1979
Lekeia
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Lekeia, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #53,545 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
11 girls have been named Lekeia since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lekeia has 11 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1989.
- #53,545 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lekeia ranks #53,545 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #53,545 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lekeia's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lekeia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lekeia's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lekeia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Lekeia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1980s was Lekeia's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Lekeia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lekeia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1979–1989 (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 Lekeia 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.