Lakita
Lakita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1986107 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1963
- 1,627people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,627 girls have been named Lakita in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 107 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 107 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 45%.
By decade
In 1986, its biggest year
Lakita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Lakita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shawntapeak 1977
- Natishapeak 1980
- Lakeshiapeak 1979
- Shanitapeak 1978
- Lashawndapeak 1978
- Shontepeak 1985
- Lakeishapeak 1979
- Latishapeak 1979
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.