Lekia — girls' name
213 babies named Lekia in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
66% of everyone ever named Lekia was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Lekia in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lekia
The Social Security Administration has registered 213 babies named Lekia between 1977 and 2001, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lekia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lekia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lekia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lekia 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 213 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.
Lekia at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lekia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1977
- Peak year (1983)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
213 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 20 births in a single year.
Lekia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 140 births that decade — 66% of Lekia's all-time total
Lekia decade highlights
- Peak decade 140 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lekia's strongest decade
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% 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, 1977–2001 (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.