Is Lakita a boy or girl name?

Lakita is a girl’s name. Of the 1,627 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Lakita

Recorded 1963–2012 · United States

Lakita was most popular in 1986, when 107 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,071 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,627 people named Lakita.

Lakita over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lakita’s peak in 1986. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lakita a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lakita is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,627 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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 Lakita

Where Lakita 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