Lakiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-KEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Lakiya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Lakiya come from?
Modern: La- prefix plus Kiya
Is Lakiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lakiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Lakiya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Lakiya in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lakiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Lakiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aliya, Safiya, Zaniya, Zaniyah, Samira, Kaliyah, Summer, Hadassah, Amira, Safa, Jaliyah
Names related to Lakiya
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, “Lakiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lakiya, updated 20 October 2026.