Laiken
- #2,485 for girls in 2025, 71 births
- #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
- Given to girls 78.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 85 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,934since 1985
Laiken over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,485 | 71 | #4,139 | 25 |
| 2024 | #2,661 | 65 | #3,335 | 35 |
| 2023 | #2,397 | 75 | #3,347 | 35 |
| 2022 | #2,604 | 67 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #2,233 | 83 | #3,582 | 31 |
| 2020 | #2,135 | 85 | #3,202 | 35 |
| 2019 | #2,305 | 78 | #3,496 | 32 |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 | #3,301 | 34 |
| 2017 | #2,221 | 85 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 2016 | #2,149 | 90 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2015 | #2,927 | 59 | #4,407 | 22 |
| 2014 | #2,714 | 64 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #2,568 | 69 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #3,350 | 48 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | #3,044 | 55 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #3,512 | 46 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #4,131 | 37 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #2,978 | 57 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #3,317 | 46 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,394 | 40 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,022 | 38 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,877 | 41 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,218 | 35 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1985
The first year at least five girls were named Laiken! It came in at #8,318, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1987, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Laiken is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Minnesota#731 · 1 in 3,580
- Michigan#863 · 1 in 4,466
- Pennsylvania#1,108 · 1 in 6,670
- North Carolina#1,281 · 1 in 7,747
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
Best ever in a state: #216 in North Dakota, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 6,670 |
| North Carolina | #1,281 | 6 | 1 in 7,747 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 176 spots since 2024 (#2,661 → #2,485)
- 350 spots since 2020 (#2,135 → #2,485)
- 442 spots since 2015 (#2,927 → #2,485)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 2020 at #2,135 (85 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,018
- Highest: 1 in 19,018 girls born in 2020 were named Laiken (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,638 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 34.0% of all girls named Laiken (658) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 59 | #4,496 (1988) | #6,569 |
| 1990s | 341 | #2,776 (1997) | #3,476 |
| 2000s | 430 | #2,978 (2006) | #3,482 |
| 2010s | 658 | #2,149 (2016) | #2,739 |
| 2020s | 446 | #2,135 (2020) | #2,419 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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