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 1995
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#357 · 1 in 3,118
- Indiana#628 · 1 in 7,620
- Pennsylvania#754 · 1 in 11,815
- Georgia#869 · 1 in 9,685
- Texas#1,558 · 1 in 30,621
Best ever in a state: #317 in South Carolina, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #357 | 11 | 1 in 3,118 |
| Indiana | #628 | 5 | 1 in 7,620 |
| Pennsylvania | #754 | 6 | 1 in 11,815 |
| Georgia | #869 | 5 | 1 in 9,685 |
| Texas | #1,558 | 5 | 1 in 30,621 |
| California | #1,698 | 7 | 1 in 37,154 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 293,091 of them was named Lake, which outranked 25.2% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,514Zola7
- #10,514Zoraya7
- #10,514Zyaire7
- #11,783Lake6
- #11,783Aailyah6
- #11,783Aalliyah6
- #11,783Aanisah6
- #13,386Aailiyah5
- #13,386Aalia5
- #13,386Aalijah5
Tied with 1,602 names at #11,783; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 23,502 of them was named Lake, which outranked 87.3% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,300Malcom82
- #1,300Quenton82
- #1,300Tommie82
- #1,307Lake81
- #1,307Jericho81
- #1,307Leif81
- #1,307Paulo81
- #1,312Adriel80
- #1,312Akil80
- #1,312Chace80
Tied with 4 names at #1,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.