Name profile

Larkin

Medieval diminutive of Laurence 1.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈlɑɹ.kɪn/; British English /ˈlɑː.kɪn/
Usage languagesMedieval English
US rank (2025)#3,645

Meaning and history

Larkin is a medieval diminutive of Laurence 1.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 115 births, rank #1,798
2007: 95 births, rank #2,117
2008: 79 births, rank #2,419
2009: 72 births, rank #2,568
2010: 67 births, rank #2,670
20112011: 45 births, rank #3,496
2012: 56 births, rank #3,006
2013: 63 births, rank #2,726
2014: 85 births, rank #2,213
2015: 84 births, rank #2,236
20162016: 93 births, rank #2,093
2017: 96 births, rank #2,035
2018: 97 births, rank #2,014
2019: 87 births, rank #2,140
2020: 86 births, rank #2,115
20212021: 65 births, rank #2,638
2022: 63 births, rank #2,720
2023: 49 births, rank #3,274
2024: 44 births, rank #3,516
20252025: 41 births, rank #3,645

Larkin moved from #728 to #986 for boys between 1905 and 1909. Its highest annual birth count came in 1880, with 16 births.