Lake Boy & girl
How popular is Lake?
#2,056 boy name in 2025
72 baby boys were named Lake in the US in 2025, making it the 2056th most popular boy name. Another 42 girls got the name (#3,576 for girls).
Lake popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,056 for boys (▼ 436 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 72 boys, 42 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,132 in 2015, #1,872 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (105 boys) |
| Highest rank | #955 in 1892 |
| First recorded | 1891 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 62% boys, 38% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lake counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lake family of names ranked #1,575 for boys in 2025 (#1,365 the year before), with 86 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lake | 72 | 84% |
| Layke | 14 | 16% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lake is most popular
Babies named Lake per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (37 boys)
Lake by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #955 |
| 1910s | 111 | #1,386 |
| 1920s | 149 | #1,348 |
| 1930s | 91 | #1,958 |
| 1940s | 72 | #2,142 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,110 |
| 1960s | 38 | #3,243 |
| 1970s | 64 | #2,672 |
| 1980s | 96 | #3,197 |
| 1990s | 509 | #1,276 |
| 2000s | 629 | #1,829 |
| 2010s | 620 | #1,842 |
| 2020s | 532 | #1,620 |
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Questions
- Is Lake a boy or girl name?
- Lake is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 62% of babies named Lake were boys and 38% were girls.
- How popular is the name Lake?
- 72 baby boys were named Lake in the US in 2025, making it the 2056th most popular boy name. Another 42 girls got the name (#3,576 for girls).
- When was Lake most popular?
- Lake peaked in 2024, when 105 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #955 in 1892.
- How many people are named Lake?
- 3,924 babies have been named Lake in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,342 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Lake most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lake was most common in Tennessee, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.