Lakai
Lakai was the 2963rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 514 places. More babies were named Lakai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,963 boys, up 1,395 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 42boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202542 babies
- Total since 1880
- 602babies recorded
Lakai popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 45 since 1982.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,963 | 42 |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 23 |
| 2010 | #3,955 | 26 |
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How popular is Lakai, counting every spelling?
Lakai has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Lakai?
42 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lakai (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lakai born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 200 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lakai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lakai?
About 600 people born in the US named Lakai are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 15. That makes Lakai a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lakai by state
How common Lakai was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lakai: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lakai, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lakai
How popular is the name Lakai?
Lakai was the 2963rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 514 places. More babies were named Lakai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Lakai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Lakai in the US.
Where is Lakai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lakai was most common in Florida (0.02 per 1,000 boys).