Jake

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #457 for boys in 2025, 682 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2000 · 4,091 births
Debut · boys
96 births
In top 100 · boys
5 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
129,322
since 1880

Jake over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202012peak #96, 2000boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#457682
2024#421748
2023#410782
2022#406790
2021#337969
2020#3201,036
2019#2941,175
2018#2631,379
2017#2491,503
2016#16,2155#2421,586
2015#2071,922
2014#1902,171
2013#1662,450
2012#14,9626#1532,679
2011#1293,110
2010#1153,440
2009#10,67910#1253,386
2008#17,5045#1113,795
2007#1123,882
2006#9,90111#1084,028
2005#1034,153
2004#7,82814#984,473
2003#9,67110#984,406
2002#1023,792
2001#13,5216#1003,838
2000#11,8017#964,091
1999#11,3857#973,936
1998#11,1387#1023,788
1997#9,0179#1013,840
1996#9,5818#1143,449
1995#8,7669#1083,509
1994#5,98415#1063,468
1993#9,5598#1113,197
1992#9,4918#1192,929
1991#10,2717#1192,772
1990#7,88010#1402,227
1989#1531,964
1988#5,89513#1661,706
1987#7,9878#1661,639
1986#5,75712#1711,553
1985#10,6775#2211,071
1984#10,4225#278746
1983#269771
1982#299670
1981#321595
1980#332567
1979#355495
1978#362449
1977#9,6525#368445
1976#370427
1975#429334
1974#456309
1973#441314
1972#480266
1971#623176
1970#662153
1969#673138
1968#675124
1967#726104
1966#672121
1965#631144
1964#665134
1963#631154
1962#638147
1961#617166
1960#625155
1959#638147
1958#613157
1957#619154
1956#648137
1955#625141
1954#562169
1953#555163
1952#532174
1951#507179
1950#485192
1949#486185
1948#498174
1947#492187
1946#457193
1945#462165
1944#464172
1943#491159
1942#438198
1941#426190
1940#435177
1939#419184
1938#420183
1937#430172
1936#392194
1935#411179
1934#398192
1933#384199
1932#392205
1931#383214
1930#382221
1929#362245
1928#374243
1927#355272
1926#357266
1925#330306
1924#332306
1923#317330
1922#314332
1921#299360
1920#296362
1919#295334
1918#274377
1917#3,7137#306299
1916#262362
1915#254355
1914#261274
1913#250227
1912#256187
1911#241110
1910#184148
1909#198109
1908#185115
1907#185117
1906#21383
1905#19392
1904#20778
1903#17593
1902#171102
1901#18379
1900#172121
1899#18476
1898#145117
1897#154102
1896#18588
1895#17191
1894#17686
1893#20866
1892#140116
1891#16478
1890#18672
1889#134107
1888#143107
1887#14090
1886#14595
1885#135100
1884#14892
1883#12996
1882#14297
1881#13292
1880#14196
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jake was already there! It came in at #141, and was given to 96 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1896, when fewer than 92 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jake
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#421#457)
  • 137 spots since 2020 (#320#457)
  • 250 spots since 2015 (#207#457)
  • Biggest jump: 143 spots in 1972 (#623#480)
  • Biggest drop: 69 spots in 2022 (#337#406)
Rise & fade · boys
120 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2000 at #96 (4,091 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 5 yrs · run 1999–2001
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 444
  • Highest: 1 in 444 boys born in 2004 were named Jake (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,505 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #96 in 2000, was only 1 in 480 (0.21%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 30.8% of all boys named Jake (39,844) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #129 (1883) → #726 (1967) → #96 (2000)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s972#129 (1883)#139
1890s892#140 (1892)#171
1900s989#171 (1902)#188
1910s2,673#184 (1910)#258
1920s3,022#296 (1920)#334
1930s1,943#382 (1930)#401
1940s1,800#426 (1941)#465
1950s1,613#485 (1950)#578
1960s1,387#617 (1961)#655
1970s3,368#355 (1979)#455
1980s11,282#153 (1989)#238
1990s33,115#97 (1999)#112
2000s39,844#96 (2000)#105
2010s21,415#115 (2010)#201
2020s5,007#320 (2020)#392

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jake in 2012

girls
#14,962
6 births · 1 in 293,509 girls
boys
#153
2,679 births · 1 in 708 boys

Top girls' names in 2012

  1. #1Sophia22,336
  2. #2Emma20,976
  3. #3Isabella19,138
  4. #4Olivia17,333
  5. #5Ava15,549
  6. #6Emily13,666
  7. #7Abigail12,730
  8. #8Mia12,039
  9. #9Madison11,417
  10. #10Elizabeth9,730
  11. #14,962Jake6

Top boys' names in 2012

  1. #1Jacob19,110
  2. #2Mason18,994
  3. #3Ethan17,697
  4. #4Noah17,385
  5. #5William16,917
  6. #6Liam16,824
  7. #7Michael16,211
  8. #8Jayden16,152
  9. #9Alexander15,259
  10. #10Aiden14,924
  11. #153Jake2,679
More about 2012

girls

1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 293,509 of them was named Jake, which outranked 23.4% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jake
  1. #13,483Zurisaday7
  2. #13,483Zyara7
  3. #13,483Zyrielle7
  4. #14,962Jake6
  5. #14,962Aadhira6
  6. #14,962Aahna6
  7. #14,962Aalyssa6
  8. #16,869Aabha5
  9. #16,869Aadi5
  10. #16,869Aadison5

Tied with 1,906 names at #14,962; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. 4,327Cataleya#4,807#480
  2. 1,931Adley#2,664#733
  3. 917Litzy#1,515#598
  4. 784Kenia#1,427#643
  5. 580Monroe#1,531#951
Fallers
  1. 429Jaden#979#1,408
  2. 365Payten#994#1,359
  3. 326Yamilet#925#1,251
  4. 316Shaniya#915#1,231
  5. 264Shania#898#1,162

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 708 of them was named Jake, which outranked 98.9% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jake
  1. #150Jesse2,712
  2. #151Caden2,694
  3. #152Leonardo2,684
  4. #153Jake2,679
  5. #154Kaiden2,674
  6. #155Wesley2,649
  7. #156Camden2,600
Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. 1,237Jionni#2,105#868
  2. 551Foster#1,544#993
  3. 504Major#990#486
  4. 433Kase#1,395#962
  5. 428Jael#1,411#983
Fallers
  1. 241Jerimiah#889#1,130
  2. 235Lathan#932#1,167
  3. 229Jorden#676#905
  4. 209Kyron#886#1,095
  5. 207Jakobe#928#1,135

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2012