Lekeya — girls' name
86 babies named Lekeya in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
86 girls have been named Lekeya since 1975, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1995.
- 86
- total births
- 1975–1995
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
56% of everyone ever named Lekeya was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Lekeya in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lekeya
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Lekeya between 1975 and 1995, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lekeya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lekeya performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lekeya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lekeya 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 86 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.
Lekeya at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lekeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1975
- Peak year (1982)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
86 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 13 births in a single year.
Lekeya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 48 births that decade — 56% of Lekeya's all-time total
Lekeya decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lekeya's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 1975–1995 (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.