Lakelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAYK-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #673 for girls
Lakelyn is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “lake”. In 2025 it ranked 673rd for girls in the US (421 babies).
What does Lakelyn mean?
Modern: blend of Lake and the -lyn ending
“lake”
A recent blend of the word lake with the popular -lyn ending; Lynn itself comes from Welsh llyn, lake.
Is Lakelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Lakelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 421 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Lakelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #673among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 421about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 421 girls in the US were named Lakelyn, making it the 673rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,189th. It first appears in the records in 1997. 8 boys were also named Lakelyn in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Lakelyn of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Lakelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,087 girls in the US were given Lakelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #305, up from #673 for this spelling alone.
Lakelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 421 | #673 |
| 2024 | 372 | #756 |
| 2023 | 285 | #932 |
| 2022 | 271 | #980 |
| 2021 | 239 | #1,056 |
| 2020 | 195 | #1,189 |
| 2019 | 205 | #1,164 |
| 2018 | 193 | #1,216 |
| 2017 | 134 | #1,614 |
| 2016 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2015 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,093 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Lakelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Londyn Sevyn Brynlee Braelynn Lennon Oaklynn Gracelynn Rynlee Raelynn Teagan Reign Finley
Other spellings of Lakelyn
Names related to Lakelyn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Ailani
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, “Lakelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lakelyn, updated 20 October 2026.