Lakin
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 45 babies a year in the US.
Lakin by the numbers
Lakin was given to 45 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 94 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Lakin
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
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Names that are said the same way as Lakin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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