Layken
- #2,410 for girls in 2025, 74 births
- #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
- Given to girls 80.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 74 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,240since 1988
Layken 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,410 | 74 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #2,857 | 58 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #2,704 | 64 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #2,856 | 59 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 2021 | #2,440 | 73 | #3,814 | 28 |
| 2020 | #2,931 | 55 | #4,141 | 24 |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | #3,636 | 30 |
| 2018 | #2,869 | 58 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #3,145 | 51 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #2,667 | 65 | #4,470 | 22 |
| 2015 | #3,001 | 57 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #2,648 | 66 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #3,218 | 50 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #3,723 | 41 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #4,306 | 34 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #3,298 | 50 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | — | |
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| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
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First appearance
1988
The first year at least five girls were named Layken! It came in at #7,691, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1990, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Layken is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Iowa#492 · 1 in 1,962
- Michigan#1,210 · 1 in 7,146
- Texas#2,386 · 1 in 20,068
Best ever in a state: #492 in Iowa, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #492 | 6 | 1 in 1,962 |
| Michigan | #1,210 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| Texas | #2,386 | 8 | 1 in 20,068 |
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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.
See more about Layken
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 447 spots since 2024 (#2,857 → #2,410)
- 521 spots since 2020 (#2,931 → #2,410)
- 591 spots since 2015 (#3,001 → #2,410)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1988
- Peaked 2025 at #2,410 (74 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 21,720
- Highest: 1 in 21,720 girls born in 2025 were named Layken (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 41.4% of all girls named Layken (513) 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 | 15 | #7,691 (1988) | #9,269 |
| 1990s | 104 | #5,399 (1991) | #8,415 |
| 2000s | 225 | #3,298 (2009) | #6,282 |
| 2010s | 513 | #2,648 (2014) | #3,288 |
| 2020s | 383 | #2,410 (2025) | #2,700 |
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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