Lakenya · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lakenya.

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Its story

Popularity since 1969

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 47 recorded years as a table

Lakenya, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1969	4
1971	6
1972	13
1973	31
1974	32
1975	40
1976	46
1977	46
1978	48
1979	54
1980	41
1981	37
1982	47
1983	39
1984	36
1985	30
1986	23
1987	25
1988	22
1989	29
1990	25
1991	20
1992	23
1993	25
1994	25
1995	13
1996	18
1997	14
1998	19
1999	13
2000	23
2001	12
2002	11
2003	12
2004	11
2005	13
2006	11
2007	10
2008	10
2009	5
2010	7
2011	6
2012	6
2014	7
2015	4
2016	3
2019	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lakenya isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019: 6
Rank in 2019: #13,799
How rare: 1 in 279,727 girls
Since 1969: 1,683

Lakenya was last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1979, at 54 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lakenya doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.