Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lake**

#2,078 most common boys' name of all time · #4,964 across all names · 76% male / 24% female · used 1891–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,078
Rank overall
#4,964 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
3,924
Since 2016
1,319
Peak year
2022 #1,708
Best rank
#1,056 1892
Girls Boys peak 154/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lake first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 42 72 114 #2,057
2024 36 105 141 #1,622
2023 49 89 138 #1,805
2022 55 99 154 #1,708
2021 57 88 145 #1,790
2020 59 79 138 #1,876
2019 58 82 140 #1,843
2018 50 69 119 #2,068
2017 49 74 123 #1,938
2016 44 63 107 #2,167
2015 49 65 114 #2,132
2014 40 52 92 #2,430
2013 37 45 82 #2,630
2012 22 53 75 #2,383
2011 13 52 65 #2,406
2010 16 65 81 #2,077
2009 19 77 96 #1,876
2008 10 67 77 #2,065
2007 16 67 83 #2,053
2006 10 73 83 #1,860
2005 9 66 75 #1,924
2004 — 51 51 #2,248
2003 7 61 68 #1,911
2002 9 62 71 #1,837
2001 6 50 56 #2,090
2000 6 55 61 #1,901
1999 8 55 63 #1,805
1998 11 77 88 #1,460
1997 7 78 85 #1,402
1996 — 86 86 #1,279
1995 6 81 87 #1,308
1994 9 39 48 #2,090
1993 — 29 29 #2,528
1992 — 18 18 #3,476
1991 — 24 24 #2,766
1990 — 22 22 #2,878
1989 — 13 13 #4,051
1988 — 13 13 #3,735
1987 — 15 15 #3,221
1986 — 13 13 #3,470
1985 — 14 14 #3,238
1984 — 12 12 #3,498
1981 — 8 8 #4,560
1980 — 8 8 #4,539
1979 — 6 6 #5,420
1978 — 8 8 #4,212
1977 — 6 6 #5,190
1976 — 6 6 #5,015
1975 — 7 7 #4,379
1974 — 14 14 #2,693
1972 — 7 7 #4,024
1971 — 10 10 #3,198
1968 — 5 5 #4,224
1966 — 7 7 #3,305
1965 — 7 7 #3,308
1964 — 6 6 #3,677
1961 — 6 6 #3,724
1960 — 7 7 #3,400
1959 — 9 9 #2,875
1957 — 9 9 #2,875
1956 — 6 6 #3,606
1953 — 10 10 #2,580
1952 — 7 7 #3,153
1951 — 6 6 #3,445
1950 — 13 13 #2,151
1949 — 9 9 #2,673
1948 — 6 6 #3,377
1947 — 8 8 #2,926
1946 — 12 12 #2,183
1945 — 8 8 #2,629
1943 — 5 5 #3,619
1942 5 7 12 #3,002
1941 — 6 6 #3,214
1940 — 11 11 #2,231
1939 — 13 13 #1,992
1937 — 5 5 #3,610
1936 — 9 9 #2,510
1935 — 11 11 #2,299
1934 — 9 9 #2,606
1933 — 9 9 #2,601
1932 — 8 8 #2,907
1931 — 12 12 #2,250
1930 — 15 15 #2,006
1929 — 9 9 #2,827
1928 — 14 14 #2,203
1927 — 15 15 #2,150
1926 7 16 23 #2,018
1925 — 12 12 #2,482
1924 — 10 10 #2,869
1923 7 15 22 #2,162
1922 8 14 22 #2,272
1921 12 15 27 #2,187
1920 5 29 34 #1,372
1919 10 22 32 #1,600
1918 7 17 24 #1,949
1917 8 16 24 #1,938
1916 14 16 30 #1,893
1915 8 12 20 #2,222
1914 6 9 15 #2,335
1912 — 7 7 #2,127
1911 — 7 7 #1,489
1910 — 5 5 #1,708
1906 5 — 5 —
1905 5 — 5 —
1902 6 — 6 —
1899 5 5 10 #1,174
1897 5 — 5 —
1893 5 — 5 —
1892 — 6 6 #1,056
1891 — 5 5 #1,119