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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Lakita

Lakita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 1266th with 107 babies. More babies were named Lakita in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1986107 babies
Total since 1880
1,627babies recorded

Lakita popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#8,89811
1990#2,27656
1980#1,59273
1970#3,95715
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Lakita, counting every spelling?

Lakita has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Lakita?

About 1,600 people born in the US named Lakita are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 38 and 49. That makes Lakita mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Lakita by state

How common Lakita was among girls born in each state in 1984–1988, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Virginia (4.5×), North Carolina (3.2×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIL0.06Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesVA0.20Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNC0.14South Carolina: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesSC0.18District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMS0.16Alabama: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAL0.05Georgia: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesGA0.08Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Lakita, girls, 1984–1988. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Lakita

How popular is the name Lakita?

Lakita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 1266th with 107 babies. More babies were named Lakita in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Lakita a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,627 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Lakita most popular?

In 1984–1988, Lakita was most common in Virginia (0.20 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and Mississippi.