Name Legacy

Lakayla

Recorded 1980–2024 · United States

Lakayla was most popular in 2003, when 78 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,759 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,340 people named Lakayla.

Most popular in2003
Rank that year#3,759
Births that year78
Total since 18801,340
Given to100% girls

Lakayla over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Lakayla’s peak in 2003. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lakayla a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lakayla is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,340 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.

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Where Lakayla is most concentrated

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

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