Lake
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- LAYK
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #936 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
Lake is a name of English origin, meaning “lake”. In 2025 it ranked 936th for boys in the UK (36 babies) and 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
What does Lake mean?
English: English word and surname
“lake”
A nature name from the English word, which came via Old French from the Latin lacus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lake a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lake has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 36 boys in the UK and 42 girls and 72 boys in the US.
How popular is Lake in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #936among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were named Lake, making it the 936th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 64 boys. 4 girls were also named Lake in 2025 (4,935th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Lake in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 42 boys in the UK were given Lake or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #758, up from #936 for this spelling alone.
- Lake 36
- Layke 6
In 2025, 10% of the babies named Lake in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Lake in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #936 |
| 2024 | 35 | #961 |
| 2023 | 64 | #628 |
| 2022 | 39 | #883 |
| 2021 | 54 | #729 |
| 2020 | 39 | #852 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Lake in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,056among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Lake, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 105 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891. 42 girls were also named Lake in 2025 (3,576th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Lake than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Lake in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 86 boys in the US were given Lake or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,620, up from #2,056 for this spelling alone.
- Lake 72
- Layke 14
In 2025, 37% of the babies named Lake in the US were girls.
Lake in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,620 |
| 2023 | 89 | #1,803 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,706 |
| 2021 | 88 | #1,789 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 82 | #1,842 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,064 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2016 | 63 | #2,167 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,132 |
| 2014 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 52 | #2,402 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,068 |
| 2009 | 77 | #1,872 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 73 | #1,855 |
| 2005 | 66 | #1,918 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 62 | #1,829 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,891 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,456 |
| 1997 | 78 | #1,399 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,276 |
| 1995 | 81 | #1,302 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
Names like Lake
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Blake Tate Cole Hudson Jude Ace Rafe Grayson Hunter Marley Oakley Luke
Other spellings of Lake
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lake: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lake, updated 20 October 2026.