Laakea
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- lah-ah-KAY-a
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Laakea is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Where does Laakea come from?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian name
Is Laakea a girl's or a boy's name?
Laakea is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laakea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Laakea, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more boys named Laakea than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Laakea in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laakea in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Names like Laakea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Makoa Kainoa Kaleo Kai Keanu Makai Nakoa Lakai Kekoa Alakai Nikolai
Names related to Laakea
More Hawaiian names
Leilani Kailani Kalani Nalani Koah Meilani Kailany Leilany Laylani Lani Luana Leylani Lailani Kaelani Noelani Ohana
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laakea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laakea, updated 20 October 2026.