Fun Facts About the Name Layke
- 232 babies named Layke: U.S. records list 232 babies given the name Layke from 1880 through 2025. Even 60 girls received the name Layke - about 1 girl for every 3 boys.
What Does the Name Layke Mean?
Layke is an English spelling variant of Lake, meaning "lake." The English word lake comes through Old French lac from Latin lacus, "basin, pool, lake." The surname Lake is also a topographic name from Middle English lake, "stream, watercourse," from Old English lacu. In the given name Layke, the usual sense is the body of water.
Layke Name History & Origins
The surname Lake belongs to the English class of topographic surnames, which identified people by the landscape near their home. Its Middle English form lake developed from Old English lacu. The spelling Layke is a later variant that uses ay for the long a sound. As a first name it follows Lake in pronunciation and use in English-speaking countries.
How Popular is the Name Layke?
Layke 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 2020. Its best rank was #3,696 in 2020.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #16,539 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #8,814 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #6,554 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #9,959 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #16,944 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #17,308 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #18,371 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,309 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #9,479 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #7,545 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #5,767 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #4,080 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #3,696 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2019 | #4,728 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #10,295 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #11,534 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #11,564 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #13,263 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #11,966 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #10,437 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #12,569 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #10,617 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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How the Name Layke Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You always bring to completion anything you start. You are generous but like to see returns from your giving. You have an executive ability, you are a leader. You are moral, balanced, honest and intellectual, and you may attain spirituality. You are wise and practical with an appreciation of beauty. You always think before you act. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You desire to inspire and lead, to control other's affairs. You are giving, courageous and bold, action oriented,energetic and strong willed. You want to make a difference in the world, and this attitude often attracts you to cultural interests, politics, social issues, and the cultivation of your creative talents.
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