Larkin

Where Larkin comes from

The dictionaries list Larkin as a given name — a unisex given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1835
    Larkin Goldsmith Mead born
    American artist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #442 among boys with 16 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #799.
  4. 1944
    Larkin I. Smith born
    American politician
  5. 1996
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
Namesakes
  • Larkin Goldsmith Mead · American artist, 1835–1910
  • Larkin I. Smith · American politician, 1944–1989
  • Larkin Kerwin · Canadian physicist, 1924–2004
  • Larkin Seiple · American cinematographer, born 1985
  • Larkin Malloy · American actor, 1954–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.