How Many People Are Named Lakeya?
An estimated 1,142 people in the United States have the first name Lakeya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 40 years old, and Lakeya peaked in popularity in 1981 with 73 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lakeya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Lakeya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,142
About 1 in 300,135 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
40
years old
Peak Year
1981
73 births
Total Registered
1,211
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lakeya
Lakeya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,211 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Lakeya as a female name
Ranked #16,091 in 2010
6 female births in 2010
Peak: 1981 (73 births)
Lakeya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lakeya span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 544 babies were registered. Lakeya has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Lakeya by Decade
How has Lakeya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Lakeya by State
Birth registrations for Lakeya span all 17 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, Maryland, New Jersey. The lowest are in Texas, Tennessee, Indiana. On average, about 19 Lakeyas were registered per state.
Lakeya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lakeya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lakeya
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Lakeya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lakeya?
We estimate approximately 1,142 people named Lakeya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 300,135 Americans share this first name.
Is Lakeya a common name?
Lakeya is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,211 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lakeya most popular?
Lakeya reached peak popularity in 1981, when 73 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lakeya is approximately 40 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lakeya a female name?
Lakeya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lakeya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lakeya Smith, Lakeya Johnson, Lakeya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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