Lakita
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #13,483
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 107 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,627since 1963
Lakita over time
Rank among girls' names. Lakita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 |
| 1991 | #2,703 | 44 |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 |
| 1989 | #1,925 | 67 |
| 1988 | #1,911 | 64 |
| 1987 | #1,553 | 81 |
| 1986 | #1,260 | 107 |
| 1985 | #1,691 | 68 |
| 1984 | #1,961 | 52 |
| 1983 | #1,552 | 72 |
| 1982 | #1,584 | 74 |
| 1981 | #1,549 | 77 |
| 1980 | #1,583 | 73 |
| 1979 | #1,454 | 83 |
| 1978 | #1,341 | 89 |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 |
| 1976 | #1,602 | 62 |
| 1975 | #1,459 | 70 |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lakita! It came in at #5,891, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2002–2003, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lakita is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#344 · 1 in 2,322
- Mississippi#362 · 1 in 1,917
- North Carolina#721 · 1 in 6,474
- Louisiana#771 · 1 in 5,503
- Illinois#983 · 1 in 10,129
Best ever in a state: #275 in District of Columbia, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #344 | 12 | 1 in 2,322 |
| Mississippi | #362 | 8 | 1 in 1,917 |
| North Carolina | #721 | 5 | 1 in 6,474 |
| Louisiana | #771 | 5 | 1 in 5,503 |
| Illinois | #983 | 7 | 1 in 10,129 |
| Ohio | #1,005 | 5 | 1 in 13,791 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lakita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1986 at #1,260 (107 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,033 girls born in 1986 were named Lakita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 251,579 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 45.2% of all girls named Lakita (735) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 58 | #3,456 (1968) | #5,218 |
| 1970s | 543 | #1,341 (1978) | #2,051 |
| 1980s | 735 | #1,260 (1986) | #1,657 |
| 1990s | 246 | #2,258 (1990) | #5,145 |
| 2000s | 38 | #8,534 (2000) | #12,508 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,483 (2012) | #13,483 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lakita in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 17,212 of them was named Lakita, which outranked 88.3% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,332Reina90
- #1,332Sarita90
- #1,332Shawnda90
- #1,341Lakita89
- #1,341Dorian89
- #1,341Jonna89
- #1,341Sharita89
- #1,347Alethea88
- #1,347Amity88
- #1,347Angelic88
Tied with 5 names at #1,341; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.