# Laken (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/laken/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,499 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,259 / 6,240 (73% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 140, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 111 | 1,823 |
| 2012 | 111 | 1,826 |
| 2013 | 133 | 1,622 |
| 2014 | 108 | 1,871 |
| 2015 | 133 | 1,616 |
| 2016 | 171 | 1,377 |
| 2017 | 131 | 1,649 |
| 2018 | 162 | 1,388 |
| 2019 | 141 | 1,535 |
| 2020 | 196 | 1,185 |
| 2021 | 178 | 1,289 |
| 2022 | 160 | 1,418 |
| 2023 | 141 | 1,522 |
| 2024 | 193 | 1,221 |
| 2025 | 256 | 990 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 54 | 2,362 |
| 2012 | 86 | 1,751 |
| 2013 | 82 | 1,777 |
| 2014 | 97 | 1,615 |
| 2015 | 108 | 1,527 |
| 2016 | 90 | 1,734 |
| 2017 | 106 | 1,548 |
| 2018 | 107 | 1,573 |
| 2019 | 114 | 1,502 |
| 2020 | 137 | 1,318 |
| 2021 | 140 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 152 | 1,275 |
| 2023 | 109 | 1,603 |
| 2024 | 121 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 120 | 1,482 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.