Given name

Lakeia

Lakeia is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Lakeia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Lakeia through the years

Babies since 1880
520
0 boys · 520 girls
Most popular year
1984
36 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Lakeia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1974–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 416 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Lakeia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Lacy

“woman from Normandy; as delicate as lace” · “man from Normandy; as delicate as lace”

35RareEasing

2% boys · 98% girls

Hebrew

Alona

“one who is as strong as an oak”

30RareEasing

>99% girls

Greek · Saints

Leandra

“resembling a lioness”

30RareEasing

>99% girls

French

Lacey

“woman from Normandy; as delicate as lace” · “man from Normandy; as delicate as lace”

54UncommonEasing

>99% girls

 

Lacie

“woman from Normandy; as delicate as lace” · “man from Normandy; as delicate as lace”

36RareCooling

>99% girls

Italian

Allegra

Allegra is a variant of Alegria. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is cheerful and brings happiness to others.”

28RareEasing

>99% girls

Spanish · Nature

Lorena

“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”

45UncommonSteady

>99% girls

Greek · Nature

Adria

“man from Hadria” · “a man from Hadria”

33RareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lakeia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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