Lakyn — #1967 US girls' name
2,959 babies named Lakyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Lakyn was born in this single decade.
153 babies were named Lakyn in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lakyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,959 babies named Lakyn between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lakyn currently holds the #1967 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 153 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lakyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lakyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 231 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Lakyn in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lakyn 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 2,959 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.
Lakyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Lakyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (2015)
- 153
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #1967 among girls.
2,959 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 153 births in a single year.
Lakyn popularity over time — boys
127 total births recorded since 2008 (Lakyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Lakyn accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lakyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,146 births that decade — 39% of Lakyn's all-time total
Lakyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,146 births
- Runner-up 642 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lakyn's strongest decade
1,146 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Lakyn by state
Where Lakyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 231 | 7.8% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 135 | 4.6% |
| #3 | West Virginia | | 134 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 118 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 115 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 110 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Kansas | | 106 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 74 | 2.5% |
231 of 2,959 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
- Kentucky 4.6% of nationwide
- West Virginia 4.5% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 4.0% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lakyn appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1985–2024 (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.