Laken**
#1,809 most common girls' name of all time · #3,102 across all names · 27% male / 73% female · used 1984–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,809
Rank overall
#3,102 of 105,966
First appeared
1984
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
8,499
Since 2016
2,925
Peak year
2025 #989
Best rank
#865 1991
Girls
Boys
peak 376/yr
Laken first appears in 1984. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 256 | 120 | 376 | #989 |
| 2024 | 193 | 121 | 314 | #1,222 |
| 2023 | 141 | 109 | 250 | #1,521 |
| 2022 | 160 | 152 | 312 | #1,416 |
| 2021 | 178 | 140 | 318 | #1,290 |
| 2020 | 196 | 137 | 333 | #1,187 |
| 2019 | 141 | 114 | 255 | #1,537 |
| 2018 | 162 | 107 | 269 | #1,389 |
| 2017 | 131 | 106 | 237 | #1,653 |
| 2016 | 171 | 90 | 261 | #1,378 |
| 2015 | 133 | 108 | 241 | #1,617 |
| 2014 | 108 | 97 | 205 | #1,874 |
| 2013 | 133 | 82 | 215 | #1,622 |
| 2012 | 111 | 86 | 197 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 111 | 54 | 165 | #1,825 |
| 2010 | 110 | 88 | 198 | #1,853 |
| 2009 | 98 | 85 | 183 | #2,088 |
| 2008 | 102 | 76 | 178 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 145 | 70 | 215 | #1,567 |
| 2006 | 139 | 51 | 190 | #1,564 |
| 2005 | 120 | 37 | 157 | #1,665 |
| 2004 | 135 | 32 | 167 | #1,497 |
| 2003 | 121 | 25 | 146 | #1,600 |
| 2002 | 128 | 21 | 149 | #1,491 |
| 2001 | 133 | 19 | 152 | #1,425 |
| 2000 | 128 | 18 | 146 | #1,444 |
| 1999 | 155 | 15 | 170 | #1,228 |
| 1998 | 179 | 14 | 193 | #1,087 |
| 1997 | 178 | 12 | 190 | #1,070 |
| 1996 | 164 | 14 | 178 | #1,111 |
| 1995 | 213 | 11 | 224 | #892 |
| 1994 | 214 | 12 | 226 | #900 |
| 1993 | 224 | 8 | 232 | #869 |
| 1992 | 207 | 11 | 218 | #940 |
| 1991 | 232 | 8 | 240 | #865 |
| 1990 | 197 | 9 | 206 | #956 |
| 1989 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,233 |
| 1988 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,254 |
| 1987 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,191 |
| 1986 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,391 |
| 1985 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,248 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,164 |