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Laykin

Mostly girls · LAY-kin · Modern

Laykin is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).

Where does Laykin come from?

Modern: spelling of Layken, itself a spelling of Laken, probably from Lake

Say it
LAY-kin

Meaning borrowed from Layken.

Is Laykin a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Laykin has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US.

How popular is Laykin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,916among girls
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 80,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 39% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Laykin, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the girls named Laykin in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 739 girls in the US were given Laykin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.

In 2022, 63% of the babies named Laykin in the US were girls.

1991Busiest: 37 in 20142025
Laykin in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202520#5,916
202414#7,590
202312#8,481
202222#5,635
202122#5,569
202022#5,483
201925#5,161
201829#4,660
201730#4,574
201634#4,249
201525#5,286
201437#4,001
201326#5,141
201218#6,868
201120#6,332
201014#8,267
200924#5,707
200815#8,105
200720#6,548
200611#9,897
200514#7,886
20048#11,617
200310#9,666
200211#8,831
20018#11,013
200013#7,574
19995#14,403
19980–
199711#7,737
19965#13,511
199510#8,074
19947#10,563
19936#11,773
199214#6,307
19917#10,263

Names like Laykin

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Laykin

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