# Larkin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/larkin/  
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 | /ˈlɑɹkɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,540 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,521 / 2,019 (44% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 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 | 45 | 3,531 |
| 2012 | 56 | 3,033 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,749 |
| 2014 | 85 | 2,226 |
| 2015 | 84 | 2,251 |
| 2016 | 93 | 2,104 |
| 2017 | 96 | 2,049 |
| 2018 | 97 | 2,021 |
| 2019 | 87 | 2,149 |
| 2020 | 86 | 2,127 |
| 2021 | 65 | 2,663 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,741 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3,304 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3,547 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,682 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 3,564 |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,618 |
| 2013 | 36 | 3,098 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,135 |
| 2015 | 43 | 2,793 |
| 2016 | 56 | 2,354 |
| 2017 | 56 | 2,332 |
| 2018 | 58 | 2,317 |
| 2019 | 64 | 2,202 |
| 2020 | 46 | 2,710 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,842 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,135 |
| 2023 | 46 | 2,783 |
| 2024 | 43 | 2,938 |
| 2025 | 34 | 3,415 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## 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.