girls:
1.8k births since 1985
#3986 (30th percentile)
boys:
473 births since 2001
#4113 (10th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1985
#5532 (29th percentile)
The name Laiken is the #5,532 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,269 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 28.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,986 (30.2% percentile) for all time with 1,796 births since 1985. For boys, it ranks #4,113 (10.3% percentile) for all time with 473 births since 2001.
Laiken first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for girls and 2001 for boys).
The name Laiken has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 67.6% of babies named Laiken were girls.
For girls, Laiken reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #872) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 48 births per million (ranked 8.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Laiken ranks #879 for girls (7.2% percentile) with 42 births per million, which is 86.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Laiken reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #873) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Laiken ranks #881 for boys (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 82.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laiken".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Laiken. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Laiken is pronounced as LAY-kuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAY-kihn, at 29.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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