girls:
1.1k births since 1988
#4610 (19th percentile)
boys:
263 births since 2005
#4323 (6th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1988
#6374 (18th percentile)
The name Layken is the #6,374 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,369 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 17.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,610 (19.3% percentile) for all time with 1,106 births since 1988. For boys, it ranks #4,323 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 263 births since 2005.
Layken first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for girls and 2005 for boys). Birth data for Layken is available in 35 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (35 years for girls and 17 years for boys). 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.
The name Layken has been given predominantly to girls, with 80.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 84.0% of babies named Layken were girls.
For girls, Layken reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 7.3% percentile (ranked #868) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 41 births per million (ranked 7.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Layken ranks #889 for girls (6.1% percentile) with 36 births per million, which is 88.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Layken reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #892) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Layken ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 42.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Layken".
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