Unisex name · since 1991
Laikin
Laikin has 68 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,589 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
68 babies have been named Laikin since 1991, making it today's #15589 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laikin has been recorded 68 times among girls since 1991, currently ranked #15589 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #31,476 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,589 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 68 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laikin ranks #31,476 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,589 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 68 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,589 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Laikin's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Laikin compares
68 19th 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
Laikin's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laikin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laikin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laikin's full recorded timeline at 2011, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laikin popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Laikin popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2019 (Laikin as boys' name)
Laikin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (21 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Laikin's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Laikin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 21 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Laikin's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 2020s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laikin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Laikin 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.