Larken — #15904 US unisex name
90 babies named Larken in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Larken was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Larken in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Larken
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Larken between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Larken currently holds the #15904 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Larken is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 23 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Larken performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Larken shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Larken 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 90 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.
Larken at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Larken popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #15904 among girls.
90 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 13 births in a single year.
Larken popularity over time — boys
23 total births recorded since 2015 (Larken as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Larken accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Larken by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 38 births that decade — 42% of Larken's all-time total
Larken decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Larken's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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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, 1989–2024 (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.