Fun Facts About the Name Lakeleigh
- 109 babies named Lakeleigh: U.S. records list 109 babies given the name Lakeleigh from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lakeleigh Mean?
Lakeleigh is an English compound name usually understood as "lake meadow" or "clearing by a lake." Its first element is the English word lake, a body of water. Its second element is Leigh, an English name element derived from Old English lēah, meaning "woodland clearing" or "meadow."
The meaning is compositional: the two ordinary elements are combined directly, and the -leigh spelling is a variant of the common English -lee/-ley ending rather than a separate root.
Lakeleigh Name History & Origins
Leigh began as an English surname derived from place names formed with Old English lēah. Several places in England are named Leigh, and the surname could arise from more than one of them. As a given name, Leigh has been used for both men and women, with -leigh as one of its English spelling variants.
Lakeleigh places the landscape word lake before that surname-style ending. The compound follows an English naming pattern in which a nature word is paired with a familiar name ending, so its history is tied to the separate history of Leigh rather than to an older source name.
How Popular is the Name Lakeleigh?
Lakeleigh has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #6,030 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,030 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #9,250 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #9,330 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #7,867 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #7,852 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #11,661 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #8,394 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #10,225 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #12,253 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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