Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Lake

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Lake

Pronunciation

l(a)-ke

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1625, 104 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2056, 72 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #2777, 59 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3577, 42 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20257242
202410436
20238849
20229955
20218857
20207959
20198258
20186950
20177449
20166344

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #625, 57 births); most recent 2025 (rank #976, 31 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #1788, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4866, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025314
2024354
20235713
20223412
2021453
20203712
20191814
20181916
201776
20161212

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #435, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #560, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #625, 4 births); most recent 2024 (rank #790, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
20255–
2024–3
20237–
202254
20216–
2020––
2019––
2018–3
2017––
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #433, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence