Laykin

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 42 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
42
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Laykin by the numbers

Laykin was given to 42 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 37 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Laykin

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.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Laykin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Larkinfierce, rough; rough little one151 in the US (2017)
  • Lakin45 in the US (2017)
  • Laurinlaurel wreath; form of laura7 in the US (2017)
  • Laken237 in the US (2017)
  • Laiken129 in the US (2017)
  • Layten19 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Laykin

Names that are said the same way as Laykin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Laykin

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