Lakaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-KAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Lakaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Lakaya come from?
Modern: La- prefix plus Kaya
Is Lakaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lakaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Lakaya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Lakaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lakaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Lakaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amaya, Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Zaniya, Jaliyah, Araya, Zaniyah, Aliya, Anaya, Samira, Janiyah, Samaya
Names related to Lakaya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Lakaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lakaya, updated 20 October 2026.