girls:
147 births since 1995
#5569 (3rd percentile)
overall:
147 births since 1995
#7592 (2nd percentile)
The name Lakeyn is the #7,592 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 147 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,569 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 147 births since 1995.
Lakeyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (first recorded for girls in 1995). Birth data for Lakeyn is available in 14 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Lakeyn reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #928) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lakeyn is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #928 (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lakeyn".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Lakeyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.5% confident that Lakeyn is pronounced as LAY-kihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAY-keen, at 18.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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