Laikyn Girl
How popular is Laikyn?
#1,721 girl name in 2025
118 baby girls were named Laikyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1721st most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Laikyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,721 for girls (▼ 175 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 118 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,972 in 2015, #1,524 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (150 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,461 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 5% boys, 95% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Laikyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Laken family of names ranked #415 for girls in 2025 (#476 the year before), with 734 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Laken | 256 | 35% |
| Laikyn | 118 | 16% |
| Lakyn | 144 | 20% |
| Laiken | 71 | 10% |
| Layken | 74 | 10% |
| Laikynn | 9 | 1% |
| Lakin | 17 | 2% |
| Laykin | 20 | 3% |
| Lakynn | 14 | 2% |
| Laykyn | 6 | 1% |
| Laikin | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Laikyn is most popular
Babies named Laikyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 0.7 per 1,000 (9 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.3 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.2 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (18 girls)
Laikyn by decade
Girl names about as popular as Laikyn
Questions
- Is Laikyn a boy or girl name?
- Laikyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Laikyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Laikyn?
- 118 baby girls were named Laikyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1721st most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Laikyn most popular?
- Laikyn peaked in 2018, when 150 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,461 in 2018.
- How many people are named Laikyn?
- 2,188 babies have been named Laikyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,176 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Laikyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Laikyn was most common in North Dakota, at 0.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.