Laken Boy & girl
How popular is Laken?
#987 girl name in 2025
256 baby girls were named Laken in the US in 2025, making it the 987th most popular girl name. Another 120 boys got the name (#1,477 for boys).
Laken popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #987 for girls (▲ 234 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 256 girls, 120 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+92% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,609 in 2015, #1,183 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (256 girls) |
| Highest rank | #858 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1984 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 41% boys, 59% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Laken counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Laken family of names ranked #415 for girls in 2025 (#476 the year before), with 734 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Laken | 256 | 35% |
| Laikyn | 118 | 16% |
| Lakyn | 144 | 20% |
| Laiken | 71 | 10% |
| Layken | 74 | 10% |
| Laikynn | 9 | 1% |
| Lakin | 17 | 2% |
| Laykin | 20 | 3% |
| Lakynn | 14 | 2% |
| Laykyn | 6 | 1% |
| Laikin | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Laken is most popular
Babies named Laken per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arkansas: 0.6 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.4 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- North Dakota: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.3 per 1,000 (54 girls)
Laken by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 593 | #1,182 |
| 1990s | 1,963 | #858 |
| 2000s | 1,249 | #1,421 |
| 2010s | 1,311 | #1,371 |
| 2020s | 1,124 | #987 |
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Questions
- Is Laken a boy or girl name?
- Laken is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 41% of babies named Laken were boys and 59% were girls.
- How popular is the name Laken?
- 256 baby girls were named Laken in the US in 2025, making it the 987th most popular girl name. Another 120 boys got the name (#1,477 for boys).
- When was Laken most popular?
- Laken peaked in 2025, when 256 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #858 in 1991.
- How many people are named Laken?
- 8,499 babies have been named Laken in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,412 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Laken most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Laken was most common in Arkansas, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.