Lake
Lake was the 2068th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 1892, when it ranked 1025th; the most babies were born in 2024 (105). Over the last ten years it has moved up 75 places. More babies were named Lake in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,068 boys, down 185 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 72boys
- Girls and boys
- 35% girls, 65% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024105 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,924babies recorded
Lake popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,619 | #2,068 | 42 | 72 |
| 2020 | #2,804 | #1,883 | 59 | 79 |
| 2010 | #7,738 | #2,086 | 16 | 65 |
| 2000 | #14,149 | #1,908 | 6 | 55 |
| 1990 | — | #2,919 | — | 22 |
| 1980 | — | #4,756 | — | 8 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | #3,511 | — | 7 |
| 1950 | — | #2,159 | — | 13 |
| 1940 | — | #2,251 | — | 11 |
| 1930 | — | #2,018 | — | 15 |
| 1920 | #5,372 | #1,366 | 5 | 29 |
| 1910 | — | #1,732 | — | 5 |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Lake, counting every spelling?
Lake has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Lake?
72 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lake (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lake born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 116 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lake.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lake?
About 2,500 people born in the US named Lake are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 8 and 28. That makes Lake mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lake by state
How common Lake was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (2.5×). In 38 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Lake
How popular is the name Lake?
Lake was the 2068th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 1892, when it ranked 1025th; the most babies were born in 2024 (105). Over the last ten years it has moved up 75 places. More babies were named Lake in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Lake a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 35% girls, 65% boys given the name Lake in the US.
Where is Lake most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lake was most common in Tennessee (0.13 per 1,000 boys), followed by Mississippi and Louisiana.