Boys' name · since 2017
Lykan
27 babies named Lykan in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,720 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,310 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 2017
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lykan is the #13310 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 27 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lykan has been recorded 27 times among boys since 2017, currently ranked #13310 nationally and more common than 4% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #26,720 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,310 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 27 born since 2017
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lykan ranks #26,720 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,310 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 27 born since 2017, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,720 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,310 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 2017
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lykan's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lykan compares
27 10th 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
Lykan's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lykan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lykan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lykan's full recorded timeline at 2023, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lykan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Lykan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (15 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Lykan's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Lykan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 15 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lykan's data
- Lykan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lykan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Lykan 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.