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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #96, 2000boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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.

Where Jake is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1900

boys
#172
121 births · 1 in 1,244 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #172Jake121
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 1,244 of them was named Jake, which outranked 88.6% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jake
  1. #168Elbert125
  2. #170Felix123
  3. #171Arnold122
  4. #172Jake121
  5. #173Ellis120
  6. #173Gus120
  7. #175Emmett119
Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900 →