Laker
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAY-ker
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Laker is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “dweller by the stream”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Laker mean?
English: English surname for someone living by a stream
“dweller by the stream”
English cricketer Jim Laker took a record 19 wickets in a single Test match against Australia in 1956.
Is Laker a girl's or a boy's name?
Laker is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 26 boys in the US.
How popular is Laker in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Laker, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Laker of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Laker in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
How popular is Laker in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Laker, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005. 5 girls were also named Laker in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Laker in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laker in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Laker
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Laker: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laker, updated 20 October 2026.