Lakai

#2,962 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Lakai has been given to 602 babies in the U.S. since 2003. In 2025 it ranked #2,962 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 42 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Lakai, 2025

1 in 78,900

Lakai over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lakai over time

In 2025, Lakai went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19822025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lakai: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lakai means

Lakai is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Lakai is used in Lun Bawang.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 557 boys were recorded with the name Lakai between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 42 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,962 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,354 in 2020 to #2,962 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,476 in 2015 to #2,962 in 2025.

In the United States, 45 girls were recorded with the name Lakai between 1982 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2012; its best national rank was #11,386 in 1982.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lakai?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 78,900; 42 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 40,700; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #2,962; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 54,713 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lakai sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 54,713 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lakai. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lakais were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lakai was born before 2017 — so the typical Lakai is around 8 today.

Median birth year: 2017; About 8 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 46.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 557; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 46.3% of all recorded uses (258).

Is Lakai rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +347; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,392; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +514; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.31×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (42)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,962; 2025

Spellings of Lakai

Lakai is not the most common spelling — Kai is, with 26.7% against Lakai's 0.21%.

Kai26.7%70,232
Lukas16.8%44,053
Lamar12.9%33,967
Luka11.0%28,959
Malakai6.8%17,830
Makai3.5%9,298
Jakari2.0%5,312
Dakari1.6%4,326

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Lakai is used

Across 1910–2025, Lakai was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 377,717 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Arizona1 in —
2California1 in —
3Florida1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lakai has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lakai around the world

Where Lakai ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2008–2022
#4,002
in 2022
South Australia
2007–2007
#680
in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lakai by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #2,962
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,392
Best rank ever: #2,962; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 42 that year
First recorded: 2003
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 557
Count in 2025: 42

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,386; 1982
Peak year: 2012; 9 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 45
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lakai

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Laksh Laker Sakai Mekai Lakyn Laken Takai Lakin Mikai Lakeith Lakota Nakai Lakoda Sekai Dakai Mahkai Rakai Jahkai Lake Alakai Nikai Akai Zekai Mykai

Sibling names for Lakai

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Keren Eloisa Karleigh Shoshana Nila Kamilah Denisse Anabelle

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Henri Gray Arvin Tobin Wylie

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