girls:
859 births since 1893
#4857 (15th percentile)
boys:
2.8k births since 1891
#2377 (48th percentile)
overall:
3.7k births since 1891
#4526 (42nd percentile)
The name Lake is the #4,526 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,668 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 41.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,377 (48.1% percentile) for all time with 2,809 births since 1891. For girls, it ranks #4,857 (15.0% percentile) for all time with 859 births since 1893.
Lake first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for boys and 1893 for girls). Birth data for Lake is available in 108 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023 (103 years for boys and 46 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lake has been given predominantly to boys, with 76.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 64.2% of babies named Lake were boys.
For boys, Lake reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 10.4% percentile (ranked #697) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 53 births per million (ranked 10.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lake ranks #828 for boys (9.1% percentile) with 48 births per million, which is 90.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lake reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #886) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 33 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lake ranks #903 for girls (4.7% percentile) with 28 births per million, which is 83.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lake".
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