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Lake

boys’ name · 76%girls’ name · 24%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Lake is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 104 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1040.01% of boys
Peak year
2024104 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1891
3,808people given the name
Babies named Lake, by year of birthboysgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,913 boys have been named Lake in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 104 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 22%.

Lake is used for both sexes: 24% of its bearers are girls (895), most of them born around 2020.

By decade

Decadeboys named Lake
1890s16
1910s111
1920s149
1930s91
1940s72
1950s60
1960s38
1970s64
1980s96
1990s509
2000s629
2010s620
2020s458

In 2024, its biggest year

Lake was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Lake

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.