# Lake (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lake/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,924 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,987 / 937 (24% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 474, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Derived from the noun lake.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,934 |
| 2012 | 22 | 6,021 |
| 2013 | 37 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 40 | 3,817 |
| 2015 | 49 | 3,326 |
| 2016 | 44 | 3,558 |
| 2017 | 49 | 3,278 |
| 2018 | 50 | 3,227 |
| 2019 | 58 | 2,874 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,804 |
| 2021 | 57 | 2,945 |
| 2022 | 55 | 3,014 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3,303 |
| 2024 | 36 | 4,083 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,619 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 2,426 |
| 2012 | 53 | 2,405 |
| 2013 | 45 | 2,647 |
| 2014 | 52 | 2,448 |
| 2015 | 65 | 2,143 |
| 2016 | 63 | 2,181 |
| 2017 | 74 | 1,949 |
| 2018 | 69 | 2,074 |
| 2019 | 82 | 1,843 |
| 2020 | 79 | 1,883 |
| 2021 | 88 | 1,798 |
| 2022 | 99 | 1,713 |
| 2023 | 89 | 1,815 |
| 2024 | 105 | 1,627 |
| 2025 | 72 | 2,068 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 37 | 821 |
| 2021 | 45 | 751 |
| 2022 | 34 | 901 |
| 2023 | 57 | 625 |
| 2024 | 35 | 898 |
| 2025 | 31 | 976 |

## People named Lake

- Lake Bell, American actress, director and screenwriter (born 1979)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.