Boys' name · since 2013
Loken
48 babies named Loken in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,480 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,569 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Loken is the #11569 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 48 recorded since 2013.
Social Security Administration records show Loken recorded 48 times among boys since 2013, holding rank #11569 nationally today, ahead of 17% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #22,480 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,569 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 48 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loken ranks #22,480 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,569 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 48 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,480 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,569 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Loken's 48 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Loken compares
48 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Loken's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Loken | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 48 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Loken's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Loken splits its recorded history at 2021: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Loken popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Loken by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (34 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Loken's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Loken births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
14 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 34 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Loken: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2013–2025 (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 Loken 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.