Fun Facts About the Name Laiken
- More than 2 thousand babies named Laiken: U.S. records list 2,467 babies given the name Laiken from 1880 through 2025. Even 533 boys received the name Laiken - about 1 boy for every 4 girls.
What Does the Name Laiken Mean?
Laiken is a modern English given name, used mainly in the United States, whose meaning is not firmly established. It is generally treated as a spelling variant of Laken, with the same sound but the ai vowel pair. No documented etymology has been settled for either spelling. A frequent suggestion connects the name to the English word lake, but that is a resemblance rather than a proven derivation, and the word lake has no recorded role in the name's origin. Because the name is recent and appears in several spellings, its meaning is usually recorded as uncertain rather than as a literal translation.
Laiken Name History & Origins
Laiken is a recent English given name, recorded in the United States from the late twentieth century onward and used most often for girls. It belongs to a cluster of spellings of the same sound - Laken, Lakyn, Laikyn, Laekyn - that came into use around the same period, a pattern of respelling that was widespread in American naming at the time. The spelling with ai simply shifts the vowel letters while keeping the same pronunciation.
Similar-looking forms in other languages are separate from the American name. In Dutch and Flemish use, laken is a common noun meaning cloth or sheet, and Laken and Laeken appear as family and place names, including the Brussels district of Laeken. Those Dutch-language forms follow different spelling and pronunciation rules and are not the source of the English given name, even though the letters coincide.
How Popular is the Name Laiken?
Laiken has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2016. Its best rank was #2,142 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,502 | 71 | 0.0044% |
| 2024 | #2,674 | 65 | 0.0040% |
| 2023 | #2,406 | 75 | 0.0047% |
| 2022 | #2,616 | 67 | 0.0041% |
| 2021 | #2,241 | 83 | 0.0051% |
| 2020 | #2,142 | 85 | 0.0053% |
| 2019 | #2,316 | 78 | 0.0046% |
| 2018 | #2,766 | 62 | 0.0036% |
| 2017 | #2,232 | 85 | 0.0049% |
| 2016 | #2,160 | 90 | 0.0051% |
| 2015 | #2,952 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2014 | #2,726 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2013 | #2,583 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2012 | #3,402 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2011 | #3,384 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2010 | #3,065 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2009 | #3,541 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 2008 | #3,823 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2007 | #4,172 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2006 | #3,001 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 2005 | #3,346 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 2004 | #3,538 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2003 | #3,633 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 2002 | #3,440 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2001 | #3,459 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2000 | #3,244 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #2,967 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1998 | #3,786 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1997 | #2,806 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 1996 | #3,999 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1995 | #3,055 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1994 | #2,914 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1993 | #3,195 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1992 | #3,241 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1991 | #3,884 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1990 | #5,411 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #5,690 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #4,576 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1987 | #7,698 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #7,432 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #8,817 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,202 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #3,353 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2023 | #3,382 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2022 | #3,735 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2021 | #3,615 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2020 | #3,241 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2019 | #3,529 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2018 | #3,341 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #2,698 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 2016 | #3,570 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #4,482 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #4,792 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #6,473 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #6,516 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #4,592 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #4,621 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #4,683 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #7,014 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #4,915 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #6,719 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #6,073 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #9,525 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #11,607 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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