Lake

Unisex

Lake has been given to 3,924 babies in the U.S. since 1891. It peaked in 2022.

Meaning & origin

Derived from the noun lake.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

3,924

Peak year

2022 (154 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1891

10-year trend

Gender split

24% girls / 76% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lake.

3,911 babies since 1981

3,939 babies since 2002

3,949 babies since 1994

3,897 babies since 1939

3,889 babies since 1964

3,965 babies since 1888

3,971 babies since 1982

3,873 babies since 2011

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