Larkin — #2946 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Larkin

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,486 babies named Larkin between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Larkin currently holds the #2946 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 64 babies received it in a single year. Larkin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,977 additional births since 1959.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Larkin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 425 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Larkin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Larkin in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Larkin 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 2,486 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.