Lakin
Recorded 1985–2025 · United States
Lakin was most popular in 1996, when 101 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,672 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,355 people named Lakin.
Lakin over time
How old is the name Lakin?
Lakin first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1985, which makes it about 40 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 41 years since.
How many people are named Lakin?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,355 American births named Lakin between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,323 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Lakin in 2025?
17 American babies were named Lakin in 2025, ranking #11,378 that year.
Is Lakin getting more or less popular?
Lakin is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 28 births a year, against 53 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -47% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Lakin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Lakin is mostly a girl’s name — 81.4% of the 2,355 Americans given it were girls and 18.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 70% girls and 30% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Lakin?
Roughly 2,323 Americans named Lakin are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 24 years old, and half are between 15 and 32.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Lakin is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org