Lake
#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births · #2,056 for boys in 2025, 72 births
Given to boys 76.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,987since 1891
Lake over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,577 | 42 | #2,056 | 72 |
| 2024 | #4,039 | 36 | #1,620 | 105 |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | #1,803 | 89 |
| 2022 | #2,995 | 55 | #1,706 | 99 |
| 2021 | #2,929 | 57 | #1,789 | 88 |
| 2020 | #2,779 | 59 | #1,872 | 79 |
| 2019 | #2,856 | 58 | #1,842 | 82 |
| 2018 | #3,201 | 50 | #2,065 | 69 |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | #1,935 | 74 |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 | #2,167 | 63 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 49 | #2,132 | 65 |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | #2,623 | 45 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #2,380 | 53 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #2,403 | 52 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #2,069 | 65 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | #1,873 | 77 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #2,062 | 67 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | #2,051 | 67 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #1,856 | 73 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #1,922 | 66 |
| 2004 | — | #2,238 | 51 | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,906 | 61 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #1,832 | 62 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #2,086 | 50 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #1,895 | 55 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,801 | 55 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #1,459 | 77 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #1,402 | 78 |
| 1996 | — | #1,278 | 86 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #1,307 | 81 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #2,082 | 39 |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,753 | 24 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,865 | 22 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #1,576 | 22 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Lake! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lake is popular in 1891
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Lake
- 436 spots since 2024 (#1,620 → #2,056)
- 184 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #2,056)
- 76 spots since 2015 (#2,132 → #2,056)
- Biggest jump: 7 spots in 1892 (#963 → #956)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1892 at #956 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1891–1892
- Highest: 1 in 16,408 boys born in 2024 were named Lake (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #956 in 1892, was only 1 in 20,339 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.1% of all boys named Lake (629) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1909, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #956 (1892) | #990 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 111 | #1,387 (1911) | #1,856 |
| 1920s | 149 | #1,348 (1920) | #2,215 |
| 1930s | 91 | #1,958 (1939) | #2,478 |
| 1940s | 72 | #2,143 (1946) | #2,810 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,111 (1950) | #2,897 |
| 1960s | 38 | #3,244 (1965) | #3,537 |
| 1970s | 64 | #2,674 (1974) | #4,208 |
| 1980s | 96 | #3,201 (1987) | #3,755 |
| 1990s | 509 | #1,278 (1996) | #2,092 |
| 2000s | 629 | #1,832 (2002) | #1,972 |
| 2010s | 620 | #1,842 (2019) | #2,205 |
| 2020s | 532 | #1,620 (2024) | #1,808 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lake in 1891
Top boys' names in 1891
More about 1891
boys
101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 20,238 of them was named Lake, which outranked 14.6% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 164 names at #963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.