Lakin
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- LAY-ken
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Lakin is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Lakin come from?
Modern: spelling of Laken; modern coinage, perhaps from Lake
Meaning borrowed from Laken. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lakin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lakin has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US.
How popular is Lakin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Lakin, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 94 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had the fewest girls named Lakin since it first appeared, in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Lakin in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 739 girls in the US were given Lakin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 87% of the babies named Lakin in the US in 1988, and 70% in 2022.
Lakin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,616 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,166 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,923 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,882 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,989 |
| 1997 | 85 | #1,764 |
| 1996 | 94 | #1,623 |
| 1995 | 82 | #1,757 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,683 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,772 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,736 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,927 |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
Names like Lakin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Summer Zainab Kaliyah Yazmin Yasmin Ayla Safa Zaniyah Zaira Jaliyah Salma
Other spellings of Lakin
Laken Lakyn Laikyn Layken Laiken Laykin Lakynn Lakeyn Laikynn Laekyn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lakin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lakin, updated 20 October 2026.