Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lake” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lake” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lake” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lake” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lake” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lake” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lake” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lake” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1899 10 0.000029478 5 5 0%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1914 15 0.000010591 6 9 -20%
1915 20 0.000010914 8 12 -20%
1916 30 0.000015509 14 16 -7%
1917 24 0.00001196 8 16 -33%
1918 24 0.000011054 7 17 -42%
1919 32 0.000015164 10 22 -38%
1920 34 0.000015027 5 29 -71%
1921 27 0.000011566 12 15 -11%
1922 22 0.000009611 8 14 -27%
1923 22 0.000009555 7 15 -36%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 -100%
1926 23 0.000010018 7 16 -39%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 5 7 -17%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 -100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 -100%
1992 18 0.000004686 18 -100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 -100%
1994 48 0.000012911 9 39 -63%
1995 87 0.000023757 6 81 -86%
1996 86 0.00002358 86 -100%
1997 85 0.000023443 7 78 -84%
1998 88 0.000023925 11 77 -75%
1999 63 0.000017055 8 55 -75%
2000 61 0.000016138 6 55 -80%
2001 56 0.00001496 6 50 -79%
2002 71 0.000018993 9 62 -75%
2003 68 0.000017884 7 61 -79%
2004 51 0.000013348 51 -100%
2005 75 0.000019507 9 66 -76%
2006 83 0.00002098 10 73 -76%
2007 83 0.000020762 16 67 -61%
2008 77 0.00001959 10 67 -74%
2009 96 0.00002513 19 77 -60%
2010 81 0.000021917 16 65 -60%
2011 65 0.00001777 13 52 -60%
2012 75 0.000020507 22 53 -41%
2013 82 0.000022492 37 45 -10%
2014 92 0.000024822 40 52 -13%
2015 114 0.000030803 49 65 -14%
2016 107 0.000029166 44 63 -18%
2017 123 0.000034394 49 74 -20%
2018 119 0.000033846 50 69 -16%
2019 140 0.000040335 58 82 -17%
2020 138 0.00004131 59 79 -14%
2021 145 0.000042799 57 88 -21%
2022 154 0.00004552 55 99 -29%
2023 137 0.000041375 49 88 -28%
2024 140 0.000042061 36 104 -49%

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