Laekyn — #9378 US girls' name
227 babies named Laekyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to girls today.
59% of everyone ever named Laekyn was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Laekyn in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laekyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Laekyn between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laekyn currently holds the #9378 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laekyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Laekyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laekyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laekyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 227 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Laekyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Laekyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2018)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #9378 among girls.
227 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 21 births in a single year.
Laekyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 135 births that decade — 59% of Laekyn's all-time total
Laekyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Laekyn's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Laekyn by state
Where Laekyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Iowa | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 227 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Iowa 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Iowa accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.