Is Lakai a boy or girl name?

Lakai is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 602 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 7.5% were girls and 92.5% were boys.

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Lakai

Recorded 1982–2025 · United States

Lakai was most popular in 2025, when 42 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,305 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,305, with 42 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 602 people named Lakai.

Lakai over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lakai’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lakai a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lakai is mostly a boy’s name — 7.5% of the 602 Americans given it were girls and 92.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Lakai

Where Lakai is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 7.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org