Girls' name · since 1974
Lekeitha
Lekeitha has 18 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,099 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lekeitha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lekeitha has been recorded 18 times among girls since 1974, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1977.
- #47,099 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lekeitha ranks #47,099 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #47,099 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lekeitha's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lekeitha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lekeitha's full recorded timeline at 1975, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lekeitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1977
- Peak year (1977)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Lekeitha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Lekeitha's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lekeitha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lekeitha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1974–1977 (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 Lekeitha 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.