Girls' name · since 1975
Lekeya
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Lekeya, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,839 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lekeya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 86 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lekeya has been recorded 86 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1995.
- #28,839 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lekeya ranks #28,839 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,839 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lekeya's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lekeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lekeya's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lekeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1995
- Peak year (1982)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Lekeya by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (48 births, 56% of the file).
1980s was Lekeya's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Lekeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
48 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 48 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Lekeya's decade-level peak was the 1980s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1975–1995 (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 Lekeya 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.