Lakin
#6,705 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lakin has been given to 2,355 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #6,705 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1996, with 94 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% girls, 19% boys all-time.
Babies named Lakin, 2025
1 in 195,000
Lakin over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lakin over time
In 2025, Lakin went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
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.
How common is Lakin?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 195,000
- 17 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 94,500
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #6,705
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 135,172 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lakin sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lakin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lakins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lakin was born before 1999 — so the typical Lakin is around 26 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 40.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 46.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,916
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 40.6% of all recorded uses (777).
Is Lakin 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
- −645
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −2,740
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −2,252
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.53×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 18.1%
- Peak was 1996 (94)
- Years since peak
- 29
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 27.2% average annual change
Spellings of Lakin
Lakin is not the most common spelling — Karin is, with 16.9% against Lakin's 1.1%.
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 Lakin is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Lakin was most concentrated in Kansas — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 167,204 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Kansas1 in 33,333
- 2Kentucky1 in 33,333
- 3West Virginia1 in 33,333
- 4Mississippi1 in 50,000
- 5Alabama1 in 100,000
- 6Arkansas1 in 100,000
- 7Louisiana1 in 100,000
- 8Tennessee1 in 100,000
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. Lakin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Lakin is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Lakin was most concentrated in Kansas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 382,404 across all states with data. It was least common in Missouri (1 in —).
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. Lakin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Lakin around the world
Where Lakin 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.
- South Australia2005–2005#775in 2005
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Lakin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Lakin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lakin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.