Lekita — girls' name
134 babies named Lekita in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Lekita was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Lekita in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lekita
The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Lekita between 1963 and 1989, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lekita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lekita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lekita shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lekita 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 134 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.
Lekita at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lekita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1963
- Peak year (1974)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
134 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 12 births in a single year.
Lekita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 65 births that decade — 49% of Lekita's all-time total
Lekita decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lekita's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1963–1989 (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.