Lakan

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Lakan has been given to 40 babies in the U.S. since 1989. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1991, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Lakan, 1999

1 in 738,000

Lakan over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lakan: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lakan means

Lakan is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Lakan is used in Atayal.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 40 girls were recorded with the name Lakan between 1989 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1991; its best national rank was #9,815 in 1991.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Lakan?

Lakan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1999, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1999: 1 in 738,000; 5 of 3,692,373 births
Among girls only: 1 in 355,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1999: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 511,873 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lakan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1999 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 511,873 children born in 1999 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lakan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lakans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lakan was born before 1991 — so the typical Lakan is around 34 today.

Median birth year: 1991; About 34 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 85.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 40; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 85.0% of all recorded uses (34).

Is Lakan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1991 (8)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 15.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,815; 1991

Spellings of Lakan

Lakan is not the most common spelling — Lana is, with 28.6% against Lakan's 0.02%.

Lana28.6%57,434
Logan15.9%31,838
Lara15.0%30,168
Lavon3.1%6,246
Laken3.1%6,240
Karan1.7%3,450
Larae1.7%3,426
Layan1.6%3,225

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lakan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,815; 1991
Peak year: 1991; 8 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 1999
All-time count: 40
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lakan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lakai Laker Laklyn Lakoda Lakeley Lakey Lakish Lakema Lakiva Lakeyn Lakeda Lakiea Lakyah Lakeba Lakie Lakima Laklynn Lakken Lakela Lakay Lakhia Lakida Lakaia Lakelee

Sibling names for Lakan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shaniqua Devan Chanelle Ileana Amberly Iesha Elvia Kacy

For a brother

Shay Jamil Paris Dejuan Coty Rico Malcom German

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