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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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A lake or inland body of water.
The exact personal-name entry explicitly derives Lake from the noun; the lexical entry documents the water-body sense and its mixed English/French history. No personality is inferred. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lake&oldid=93595949.
English word-name tradition, from lake.
The exact entry explicitly derives the personal name from the English noun and documents unisex given-name use. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lake&oldid=93595949.
/leɪk/
English word-name reading: the exact personal-name entry explicitly derives Lake from lake. The lexical entry supplies General American and Received Pronunciation. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lake&oldid=93595949.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2023 | Girls | 5 | 3290 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 6 · preliminary | 2789 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 4 | 4867 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 31 | 976 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2021 | Boys | 3 | 433 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2024 | Girls | 3 | 790 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Boys | 5 | 560 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 42 | 3577 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 72 | 2056 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact personal-name entry explicitly derives Lake from the noun; the lexical entry documents the water-body sense and its mixed English/French history. No personality is inferred. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lake&oldid=93595949. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact entry explicitly derives the personal name from the English noun and documents unisex given-name use. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lake&oldid=93595949. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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English word-name reading: the exact personal-name entry explicitly derives Lake from lake. The lexical entry supplies General American and Received Pronunciation. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lake&oldid=93595949. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
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Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
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Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
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Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
