Lakai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- la-KYE
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Lakai is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
Where does Lakai come from?
Origin uncertain
Is Lakai a girl's or a boy's name?
Lakai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lakai in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lakai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lakai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Lakai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Lakai, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. It first appears in the records in 2003.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Lakai of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Lakai in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lakai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
Names like Lakai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Kai Lawi Makai Ozzy Nikolai Keanu Bodhi Luca Huxley Jahkai Lennox
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Lakai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lakai, updated 20 October 2026.