Lakira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-KEER-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lakira is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Lakira come from?
Modern: La- prefix plus Kira
Is Lakira a girl's or a boy's name?
Lakira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lakira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Lakira, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had more girls named Lakira than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Lakira in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lakira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Lakira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira Aaliyah Amira Safa Zaira Salma Zaniyah Aliya Kaliyah Zahara Khadija Jaliyah
Names related to Lakira
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, “Lakira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lakira, updated 20 October 2026.