Lakeisha vs Lakyn
American parents have registered 12,886 Lakeishas since 1880, against 3,247 Lakyns. But in 2025 it was Lakyn that was commoner, 161 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lakeisha Lakyn
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 59 years in which either name was published, Lakeisha for 36 years and Lakyn for 23 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Lakeisha | Lakyn | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 12,886 | 3,247 |
| Most in one year | 824 | 161 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 161 |
| Estimated living today | 12,000 | 3,200 |
| Median age today | 43 | 12 |
| Peak year | 1979 | 2015 |
| Best rank | 291st girls | 1,493rd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 1,484th |
| First recorded | 1967 | 1985 |
| Girls / boys | 12,850 / 36 | 3,103 / 144 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Lakeishas alive today are over 43; half the Lakyns are over 12. That is 31 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Lakeisha the District of Columbia (4.3×), Louisiana (4.0×), Mississippi (3.4×)
- Lakyn West Virginia (9.9×), Arkansas (6.7×), Kansas (6.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lakeisha and Lakyn.