Larkin
Larkin is given to both girls and boys: 41 girls and 34 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,681 among girls’ names and #3,414 among boys’, #4,299 among all names counting both); 4,540 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,530 Americans named Larkin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 8 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Larkin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Larkin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Larkin is “a unisex given name.”
/ˈlɑɹkɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Larkin?
#3,414 among boys’ names, 2025
Larkin fell from #2,792 in 2015 to #3,414 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 22.4 to 19.9 per million.
155 babies in 2018, the peak
Larkin peaked in 2018, when 155 babies were given it (58 boys, #2,316 among boys’ names). The 75 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 48% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,681 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,547 | 43 | #2,938 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,304 | 46 | #2,782 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,741 | 39 | #3,133 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,663 | 44 | #2,841 |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,127 | 46 | #2,709 |
| 2019 | 87 | #2,149 | 64 | #2,201 |
| 2018 | 97 | #2,021 | 58 | #2,316 |
| 2017 | 96 | #2,049 | 56 | #2,331 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,104 | 56 | #2,354 |
Every recorded year (138)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 84 | #2,251 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,226 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,748 | 36 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,032 | 21 | #4,614 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,530 | 30 | #3,563 |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,682 | 25 | #4,060 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,583 | 33 | #3,374 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,430 | 20 | #4,828 |
| 2007 | 95 | #2,124 | 27 | #3,853 |
| 2006 | 115 | #1,802 | 21 | #4,440 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,536 | 28 | #3,493 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,436 | 14 | #5,663 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,476 | 22 | #3,911 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,131 | 16 | #4,824 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,147 | 13 | #5,541 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,603 | 25 | #3,375 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,337 | 13 | #5,204 |
| 1998 | 21 | #5,043 | 16 | #4,312 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,932 | 14 | #4,585 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,189 | 16 | #4,112 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,440 | 13 | #4,678 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,358 | 10 | #5,712 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,813 | 16 | #3,936 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,604 | 12 | #4,731 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,314 | 17 | #3,553 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,681 | 12 | #4,557 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,428 | 11 | #4,686 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,186 | 11 | #4,329 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,579 | 13 | #3,642 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,881 | 9 | #4,688 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,524 | 13 | #3,523 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,545 | 11 | #3,823 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,018 | 9 | #4,341 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,620 | 12 | #3,607 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,097 | 9 | #4,357 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,547 | 11 | #3,749 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,672 | 9 | #4,251 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,141 | 16 | #2,743 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,226 | 17 | #2,610 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,087 | 14 | #2,900 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,757 | 7 | #4,585 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,221 | 8 | #4,031 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 8 | #3,910 | |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,954 | 7 | #4,240 |
| 1971 | under 5 | 13 | #2,751 | |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,703 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 13 | #2,492 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 16 | #2,076 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 8 | #3,127 | |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,193 | 10 | #2,717 |
| 1965 | under 5 | 9 | #2,899 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 13 | #2,364 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 11 | #2,611 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 14 | #2,241 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 19 | #1,916 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 16 | #2,083 | |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,758 | 13 | #2,361 |
| 1958 | under 5 | 17 | #1,990 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 16 | #2,058 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 15 | #2,133 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 16 | #2,012 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 20 | #1,736 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 22 | #1,655 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 22 | #1,644 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 16 | #1,943 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 19 | #1,728 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 17 | #1,854 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 24 | #1,507 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 19 | #1,761 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 15 | #1,921 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 14 | #1,892 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 24 | #1,384 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 21 | #1,558 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 13 | #2,104 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 18 | #1,665 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 15 | #1,854 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 17 | #1,682 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 14 | #1,938 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 16 | #1,797 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 12 | #2,129 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 11 | #2,333 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 23 | #1,448 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 15 | #1,876 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 14 | #2,054 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 20 | #1,617 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 15 | #2,019 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 16 | #1,968 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 22 | #1,626 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 21 | #1,722 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 31 | #1,315 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 25 | #1,520 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 24 | #1,603 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 35 | #1,227 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 35 | #1,236 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 19 | #1,867 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 31 | #1,311 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 30 | #1,304 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 26 | #1,426 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 22 | #1,565 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 26 | #1,358 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 26 | #1,327 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 21 | #1,322 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 14 | #1,475 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 7 | #2,151 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 9 | #1,240 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 9 | #1,166 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 10 | #986 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 8 | #1,072 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 5 | #1,343 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 12 | #728 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 9 | #822 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 5 | #1,232 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 7 | #908 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 5 | #1,225 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 10 | #726 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 6 | #1,023 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 6 | #974 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 7 | #910 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 5 | #1,088 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 10 | #652 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 12 | #593 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 8 | #729 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 10 | #624 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 6 | #921 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 6 | #847 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 14 | #505 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 10 | #577 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 16 | #454 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Larkin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,540 Americans recorded as Larkin, 44% are girls and 56% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Larkin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Larkin, and how old are they?
3,530 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 4,540 Americans ever recorded as Larkin. The median Larkin alive today is 16 years old; half are between 8 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 2,975 people named Larkin (1,710 women and girls, 1,265 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,058 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 59 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 215 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 214 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 401 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,090 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,540 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Larkin born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 7 | #962 | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 7 | not ranked | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Larkin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
More about Larkin and names like it
- The most given names of the 2010sLarkin peaked in 2018.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Larkin since 1910.
- The top names of 2018The year the most babies were named Larkin.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Larkin alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.