Laken
Laken is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 193 births. Its best rank was 862nd, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1930.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1991232 births
- Best rank
- #862in 1991
- Since 1984
- 8,121people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,982 girls have been named Laken in the United States since 1984, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 232 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 1990s alone account for 33%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Laken is used for both sexes: 26% of its bearers are boys (2,139), most of them born around 2022.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1991, its biggest year
Laken was the 862nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Laken
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Stormiepeak 1991
- Ariellepeak 1991
- Kayceepeak 1998
- Mariellepeak 2016
- Alyxpeak 1993
- Ivanapeak 2010
- Emeraldpeak 2024
- Kianipeak 1996
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.