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Girl name

Lekita

100% girls · last recorded 1989

Lekita has been given to about 134 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1974, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Living in the US≈ 128
Median age today47 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Lekita per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1974 · 12
  • Born in 20250
  • All time134

How popular is Lekita?

Its best year was 1974, when 12 babies were given the name, ranking 4882nd. The typical living American called Lekita is about 47 years old today.

Names that sound like Lekita

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Benita0.75
  2. Renita0.75
  3. Venita0.75
  4. Leila0.69
  5. Nikita0.70
  6. Leta0.70
  7. Leota0.70
  8. Lolita0.70

Middle names for Lekita

Ranked by flow score
  1. Lekita Rose0.85
  2. Lekita June0.84
  3. Lekita Pearl0.84
  4. Lekita Quinn0.84
  5. Lekita Nell0.84
  6. Lekita Wren0.83

Sibling names for Lekita

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jasonbrother · 0.58
  2. Jennifersister · 0.58
  3. Aprilsister · 0.57
  4. Jamieeither · 0.57
  5. Jeremybrother · 0.56
  6. Melissasister · 0.56

Where Lekita is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Lekita White0.80
    2. Lekita Reyes0.80
    3. Lekita Nguyen0.80
    4. Lekita Moore0.80
    5. Lekita Hill0.80
    6. Lekita Green0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Lekita

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.