Girls' name · since 2007
Laekyn
Laekyn has 232 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,319 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,245 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
232 babies have been named Laekyn since 2007, making it today's #16245 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laekyn has been recorded 232 times among girls since 2007, currently ranked #16245 nationally and more common than 6% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #18,319 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,245 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 232 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laekyn ranks #18,319 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,245 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 232 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,319 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,245 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Laekyn's 232 recorded births place it above 74.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Iowa.
How Laekyn compares
232 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Laekyn's all-time total is 38% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laekyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 232 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laekyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Laekyn's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Laekyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Laekyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (135 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Laekyn's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Laekyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
135 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 135 births (58% 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 232 births nationwide.
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What to do with Laekyn's data
- Laekyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (135 total births) through the 2020s (77) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Iowa records the most Laekyns (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Iowa names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laekyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Laekyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.