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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #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.

Where Jake is popular in 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedARTennessee: #140 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 795 boysTNNorth Carolina: #150 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 882 boysNCSouth Carolina: #66 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 340 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #146 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 689 boysOKLouisiana: #139 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 619 boysLAMississippi: #89 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 404 boysMSAlabama: #138 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 784 boysALGeorgia: #133 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 814 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedHITexas: #288 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,526 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Jake, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#66 · 1 in 340
  2. Mississippi#89 · 1 in 404
  3. Georgia#133 · 1 in 814
  4. Alabama#138 · 1 in 784
  5. Louisiana#139 · 1 in 619

Best ever in a state: #36 in New Jersey, 2003.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#66171 in 340
Mississippi#89141 in 404
Georgia#133111 in 814
Alabama#13881 in 784
Louisiana#13971 in 619
Tennessee#14061 in 795
Oklahoma#14651 in 689
North Carolina#15081 in 882
Texas#28861 in 1,526
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1911

boys
#241
110 births · 1 in 2,054 boys

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #241Jake110
More about 1911

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 2,054 of them was named Jake, which outranked 87.9% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jake
  1. #237Grover114
  2. #237Jasper114
  3. #240Carroll113
  4. #241Jake110
  5. #241Booker110
  6. #241Buster110
  7. #241Cleveland110
  8. #245Ollie109
  9. #245Reuben109
  10. #247Carlton108

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →