girls:
534 births since 1991
#5182 (9th percentile)
boys:
60 births since 2007
#4526 (1st percentile)
overall:
594 births since 1991
#7145 (8th percentile)
The name Laykin is the #7,145 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 594 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 7.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,182 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 534 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #4,526 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 60 births since 2007.
Laykin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for girls and 2007 for boys). Birth data for Laykin is available in 32 out of the 33 years between 1991 and 2023 (32 years for girls and 8 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 Laykin has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Laykin were girls.
For girls, Laykin reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #935) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Laykin ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 36.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Laykin reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #916) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laykin".
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