girls:
1.9k births since 1985
#3917 (31st percentile)
boys:
430 births since 1988
#4156 (9th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1985
#5496 (29th percentile)
The name Lakin is the #5,496 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,309 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 29.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,917 (31.5% percentile) for all time with 1,879 births since 1985. For boys, it ranks #4,156 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 430 births since 1988.
Lakin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for girls and 1988 for boys).
The name Lakin has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 73.1% of babies named Lakin were girls.
For girls, Lakin reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 10.4% percentile (ranked #770) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 49 births per million (ranked 10.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lakin ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 22.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lakin reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #884) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Lakin ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 31.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lakin".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Lakin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.1% confident that Lakin is pronounced as LAY-kihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LA-kihn, at 15.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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