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Laken

#990 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Laken has been given to 8,499 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #990 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 256 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% girls, 27% boys all-time.

Babies named Laken, 2025

1 in 12,900

Laken over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Laken over time

In 2025, Laken went to 68% girls and 32% boys.

19842025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Laken: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Laken means

Laken is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Laken is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,240 girls were recorded with the name Laken between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 256 in 2025; its best national rank was #860 in 1991.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,185 in 2020 to #990 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,616 in 2015 to #990 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,259 boys were recorded with the name Laken between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 152 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,275 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,318 in 2020 to #1,482 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,527 in 2015 to #1,482 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Laken?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,900
256 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 6,280
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#990
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,977 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Laken 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 2025 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 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,977 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Laken. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lakens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Laken was born before 2004 — so the typical Laken is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
31.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,240
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Choose a decade

1990s — 31.5% of all recorded uses (1,963).

Is Laken 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
+231
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+195
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+626
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.92×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (256)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#860
1991

Spellings of Laken

Laken is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 56.1% against Laken's 0.35%.

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.

Where Laken is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Laken was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 2,273 girls, against 1 in 8,042 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

044 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 2,273
  2. 2Alabama1 in 2,381
  3. 3West Virginia1 in 2,381
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 2,500
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 2,857
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 2,941
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 4,167
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 4,167

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Laken is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Laken was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 5,556 boys, against 1 in 18,946 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

018 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 5,556
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 5,882
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 6,667
  4. 4Missouri1 in 6,667
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 7,143
  6. 6Indiana1 in 7,692
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 9,091
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Laken around the world

Where Laken ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2022
    #5,670
    in 2022
  • France
    1986–1992
    #2,472
    in 1992
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1980–2005
    #775
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Laken

People whose public names include Laken, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Laken by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#990
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 195
Best rank ever
#860
1991
Peak year
2025
256 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,240
Count in 2025
256

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,482
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 164
Best rank ever
#1,275
2022
Peak year
2022
152 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,259
Count in 2025
120

Names similar to Laken

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

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Names with a curve like Laken

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Laken, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Laken

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

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