girls:
5.8k births since 1984
#2186 (62nd percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1990
#2792 (39th percentile)
overall:
7.8k births since 1984
#3050 (61st percentile)
The name Laken is the #3,050 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,806 recorded births since 1984. This represents the 60.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,186 (61.8% percentile) for all time with 5,788 births since 1984. For boys, it ranks #2,792 (39.1% percentile) for all time with 2,018 births since 1990.
Laken first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (1984 for girls and 1990 for boys).
The name Laken has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 56.0% of babies named Laken were girls.
For girls, Laken reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 26.6% percentile (ranked #624) with 114 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 114 births per million (ranked 26.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Laken ranks #813 for girls (14.2% percentile) with 79 births per million, which is 69.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Laken reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 15.9% percentile (ranked #777) with 81 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 81 births per million (ranked 15.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Laken ranks #807 for boys (11.4% percentile) with 60 births per million, which is 73.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laken".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Laken. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.9% confident that Laken is pronounced as LAY-kuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAY-kihn, at 23.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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