Unisex name · since 1988
Layken
Layken has 1,240 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,426 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,240
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,240 babies have been named Layken since 1988, making it today's #2426 unisex name.
Layken has 1,240 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2426 as of the latest data, more common than 86% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #6,469 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,426 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,240 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Layken ranks #6,469 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,426 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,240 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,426 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,240
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Layken's 1,240 recorded births place it above 91.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Layken compares
1,240 Top 29% higher than 71% of 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
Layken's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Layken | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,240 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 74 | 21 | 19,840 |
Layken's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Layken's full recorded timeline at 2007, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 74 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Layken popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 74
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Layken popularity over time - boys
310 total births recorded since 2005 (Layken as boys' name)
Layken by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (513 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Layken's strongest decade.
513 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Layken births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 104
1990s
104 births
- 2000s
2000s
225 births
- 2010s
2010s
513 births
- 2020s
2020s
383 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 513 births (41% of all-time use).
How Layken compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Layken's total volume
Layken by state
Where Layken concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 105 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 26 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 26 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 24 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 15 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 13 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.9% |
105 of 1,240 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Layken appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Layken's data
- Layken's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (513 total births) through the 2020s (383) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Laykens (105 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Layken: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Layken 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.