Laken

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Laken: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Laken: Recorded since 2000, it reached #2,150 in 2015, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#2150highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3247
2005	#3382
2009	#3422
2011	#5785
2016	#4096
2019	#5591
2022	#5669

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 7 of the 23 years from 2000 to 2022.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3247 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2150 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Laken appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 17 ranked years and 105 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 2000.

Laken across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Laken's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3247 (2000)	#3247 (2000)	#5669 (2022)	7 of 23	29 (2000–2022)	6 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#3651 (2004)	#2150 (2015)	#3254 (2024)	17 of 21	105 (2004–2024)	10 (2015)

Laken by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Laken in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010s	56	9 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Laken appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2150 in England and Wales in 2015.

Laken's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,150, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Balthazar · #2150, 15y
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Hajara · #2150, 23y
Hosna · #2150, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Freddie-Jay · #2150, 12y
Hosna · #2150, 14y
Lillie-Grace · #2150, 18y
Parneet · #2150, 17y

Laken and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Laken without appearing here.

Laken moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #4747.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #4747.
Sander Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Laken

Hayden Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3382 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3422 and #835.
Amalie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #931.
Liv Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #1796.
Dylan Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3382 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3422 and #1909.

Moved the opposite way to Laken

Garry Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Laken went from #3651 to #2160 while Garry went from #1732 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Laken went from #3651 to #2160 while Kelly went from #2070 to #3523.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2150 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Laken

Laken at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Laken across 2 official records

Laken by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Laken appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Laken and the names beside it

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Laken at a glance

Laken across 2 official records

Laken by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Laken appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Laken and the names beside it

Laken moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Laken

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