Lakeland
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAYK-land
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Lakeland is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “land of lakes”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Lakeland mean?
English: English place name
“land of lakes”
Lakeland is another name for England's Lake District, and the name of a city in central Florida.
Is Lakeland a girl's or a boy's name?
Lakeland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Lakeland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Lakeland, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002. 5 girls were also named Lakeland in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Lakeland in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lakeland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Lakeland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Legend, Ledger, Koa, Oakland, Shepherd, Sevyn, Huxley, Legacy, Wylder, Copeland, Lennox, Baker
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Lakeland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lakeland, updated 20 October 2026.