Larken
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAR-kin
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Larken is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fierce one”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Larken mean?
Irish: spelling of Larkin; Irish surname Ó Lorcáin; also an English pet form of Lawrence
“little fierce one”
Lorcán was the Irish name of St Laurence O'Toole; the poet Philip Larkin is the best-known bearer of the surname.
Meaning borrowed from Larkin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Larken a girl's or a boy's name?
Larken is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Larken in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Larken, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Larken in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were given Larken or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,240, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Larken in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Larken
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Lennon Keegan Devyn Braelynn Kayden Brecken Lakelynn Rynlee Brynlee Kerrigan Rowan
Other spellings of Larken
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
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, “Larken: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/larken, updated 20 October 2026.