Unisex name · since 1989
Larken
Larken has 96 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,722 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Larken currently ranks #13722 among unisex names in America, with 96 babies recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Larken has been recorded 96 times among girls since 1989, currently ranked #13722 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #27,572 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,722 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 96 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Larken ranks #27,572 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,722 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 96 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,722 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Larken's 96 recorded births place it above 61.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Larken compares
96 24th 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
Larken's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Larken | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 96 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Larken's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Larken splits its recorded history at 2010: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Larken popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Larken popularity over time - boys
23 total births recorded since 2015 (Larken as boys' name)
Larken by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (38 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Larken's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Larken births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 38 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Larken's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (38 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- 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 Larken: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Larken 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.