Lake

Where Lake comes from

Derived from the noun lake.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lake
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1891
    First appearance
    #963 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1892
    Peak, #956
    6 babies named Lake — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1910
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1948
    Lake Speed born
    American stock car racing driver
  6. 1979
    Lake Bell born
    American actress, director and screenwriter
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
Namesakes
  • Lake Bell · American actress, director and screenwriter, born 1979
  • Lake Speed · American stock car racing driver, born 1948
  • Lake Jones · United States federal judge, 1867–1930
  • Lake Ray · Florida State Representative, born 1956

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.