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Laiken

Unisex

Meaning of Laiken: Modern American coinage, variant of Lake

Laiken is a unisex name most strongly associated with American naming. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1947th most popular name in the United States in 2025 and 5891st in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1947

96 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#5891

3 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

2,467

First recorded 1985 · peak 2017

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 7 babies1986: 9 babies1987: 9 babies1988: 19 babies1989: 15 babies1990: 17 babies19901991: 27 babies1992: 35 babies1993: 36 babies1994: 41 babies1995: 38 babies1996: 27 babies1997: 44 babies1998: 31 babies1999: 45 babies2000: 42 babies20002001: 44 babies2002: 40 babies2003: 39 babies2004: 49 babies2005: 59 babies2006: 69 babies2007: 56 babies2008: 54 babies2009: 67 babies2010: 76 babies20102011: 69 babies2012: 61 babies2013: 82 babies2014: 84 babies2015: 81 babies2016: 121 babies2017: 131 babies2018: 96 babies2019: 110 babies2020: 120 babies20202021: 114 babies2022: 97 babies2023: 110 babies2024: 100 babies2025: 96 babies
US babies named Laiken per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 131.

Gender split

22% boys · 78% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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