How Many People Are Named Lakita?
An estimated 1,516 people in the United States have the first name Lakita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 43 years old, and Lakita peaked in popularity in 1986 with 107 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lakita 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 Lakita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,516
About 1 in 226,091 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
43
years old
Peak Year
1986
107 births
Total Registered
1,627
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lakita
Lakita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,627 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Lakita as a female name
Ranked #14,333 in 2012
7 female births in 2012
Peak: 1986 (107 births)
Lakita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lakita span from the 1960s to the 2010s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 735 babies were registered. Lakita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Lakita by Decade
How has Lakita 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.
Lakita by State
Birth registrations for Lakita span all 17 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Illinois, North Carolina, Virginia. The lowest are in Maryland, District of Columbia, California. On average, about 34 Lakitas were registered per state.
Lakita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lakita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lakita
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Lakita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lakita?
We estimate approximately 1,516 people named Lakita 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 226,091 Americans share this first name.
Is Lakita a common name?
Lakita is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,627 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lakita most popular?
Lakita reached peak popularity in 1986, when 107 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lakita is approximately 43 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lakita a female name?
Lakita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lakita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lakita Smith, Lakita Johnson, Lakita 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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