Layken
Boy · LAY-kin · Modern
Layken is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,410th for girls in the US (74 babies).
Where does Layken come from?
Modern: spelling of Laken, probably from Lake
- Say it
- LAY-kin
Is Layken a girl's or a boy's name?
Layken is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 74 girls and 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Layken in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Layken, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 4 boys.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Layken or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Laken 6
- Layken 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Layken in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
How popular is Layken in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,410among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 74 girls in the US were named Layken, making it the 2,410th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,931st. It first appears in the records in 1988. 20 boys were also named Layken in 2025 (4,856th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Layken of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Layken in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 739 girls in the US were given Layken or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #2,410 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 79% of the babies named Layken in the US were girls.
Layken in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,410 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,704 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,856 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,145 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 57 | #3,001 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
Names like Layken
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Layken
Laken Lakyn Laikyn Laiken Laykin Lakin Lakynn Lakeyn Laikynn Laekyn
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