girls:
1.3k births since 1980
#4392 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1980
#6410 (17th percentile)
The name Lakayla is the #6,410 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,333 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 17.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,392 (23.1% percentile) for all time with 1,333 births since 1980.
Lakayla first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (first recorded for girls in 1980). Birth data for Lakayla is available in 39 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Lakayla reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #834) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 39 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lakayla ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 13.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lakayla".
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