Lake: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “lake”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- LAYK · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Both (24% girls, 76% boys since 1880)
Lake is a modern given name taken from the English landscape word and surname. As a first name, it belongs to the category of nature names.
How popular is Lake?
Babies named Lake in 2024140
2024 rank#1,626 boys
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 18803,808
Lake is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Lake
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Lake questions
What does the name Lake mean?
Lake means "lake". It comes from English. Lake is a modern given name taken from the English landscape word and surname. As a first name, it belongs to the category of nature names.
Is Lake a boy or girl name?
Lake is used for both: about 24% of US babies named Lake since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Lake?
140 US babies were named Lake in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Lake?
Lake is usually pronounced LAYK.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.