Lakyn Girl
How popular is Lakyn?
#1,484 girl name in 2025
144 baby girls were named Lakyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1484th most popular girl name. Another 17 boys got the name (#5,397 for boys).
Lakyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,484 for girls (▲ 482 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 144 girls, 17 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,493 in 2015, #1,763 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (153 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,484 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1985 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 7% boys, 93% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lakyn 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 Lakyn is most popular
Babies named Lakyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 0.7 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.5 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.4 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.3 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Kansas: 0.3 per 1,000 (16 girls)
Lakyn by decade
Girl names about as popular as Lakyn
Questions
- Is Lakyn a boy or girl name?
- Lakyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Lakyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Lakyn?
- 144 baby girls were named Lakyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1484th most popular girl name. Another 17 boys got the name (#5,397 for boys).
- When was Lakyn most popular?
- Lakyn peaked in 2015, when 153 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,484 in 2025.
- How many people are named Lakyn?
- 3,247 babies have been named Lakyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,222 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Lakyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lakyn was most common in West Virginia, at 0.7 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.