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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 4,091 births
- Debut · boys
- 96 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 5 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 129,322since 1880
Jake over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #457 | 682 | |
| 2024 | — | #421 | 748 | |
| 2023 | — | #410 | 782 | |
| 2022 | — | #406 | 790 | |
| 2021 | — | #337 | 969 | |
| 2020 | — | #320 | 1,036 | |
| 2019 | — | #294 | 1,175 | |
| 2018 | — | #263 | 1,379 | |
| 2017 | — | #249 | 1,503 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #242 | 1,586 |
| 2015 | — | #207 | 1,922 | |
| 2014 | — | #190 | 2,171 | |
| 2013 | — | #166 | 2,450 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #153 | 2,679 |
| 2011 | — | #129 | 3,110 | |
| 2010 | — | #115 | 3,440 | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #125 | 3,386 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #111 | 3,795 |
| 2007 | — | #112 | 3,882 | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #108 | 4,028 |
| 2005 | — | #103 | 4,153 | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #98 | 4,473 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #98 | 4,406 |
| 2002 | — | #102 | 3,792 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #100 | 3,838 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #96 | 4,091 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #97 | 3,936 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #102 | 3,788 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #101 | 3,840 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #114 | 3,449 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #108 | 3,509 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #106 | 3,468 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #111 | 3,197 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #119 | 2,929 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #119 | 2,772 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #140 | 2,227 |
| 1989 | — | #153 | 1,964 | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #166 | 1,706 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #166 | 1,639 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #171 | 1,553 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #221 | 1,071 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #278 | 746 |
| 1983 | — | #269 | 771 | |
| 1982 | — | #299 | 670 | |
| 1981 | — | #321 | 595 | |
| 1980 | — | #332 | 567 | |
| 1979 | — | #355 | 495 | |
| 1978 | — | #362 | 449 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #368 | 445 |
| 1976 | — | #370 | 427 | |
| 1975 | — | #429 | 334 | |
| 1974 | — | #456 | 309 | |
| 1973 | — | #441 | 314 | |
| 1972 | — | #480 | 266 | |
| 1971 | — | #623 | 176 | |
| 1970 | — | #662 | 153 | |
| 1969 | — | #673 | 138 | |
| 1968 | — | #675 | 124 | |
| 1967 | — | #726 | 104 | |
| 1966 | — | #672 | 121 | |
| 1965 | — | #631 | 144 | |
| 1964 | — | #665 | 134 | |
| 1963 | — | #631 | 154 | |
| 1962 | — | #638 | 147 | |
| 1961 | — | #617 | 166 | |
| 1960 | — | #625 | 155 | |
| 1959 | — | #638 | 147 | |
| 1958 | — | #613 | 157 | |
| 1957 | — | #619 | 154 | |
| 1956 | — | #648 | 137 | |
| 1955 | — | #625 | 141 | |
| 1954 | — | #562 | 169 | |
| 1953 | — | #555 | 163 | |
| 1952 | — | #532 | 174 | |
| 1951 | — | #507 | 179 | |
| 1950 | — | #485 | 192 | |
| 1949 | — | #486 | 185 | |
| 1948 | — | #498 | 174 | |
| 1947 | — | #492 | 187 | |
| 1946 | — | #457 | 193 | |
| 1945 | — | #462 | 165 | |
| 1944 | — | #464 | 172 | |
| 1943 | — | #491 | 159 | |
| 1942 | — | #438 | 198 | |
| 1941 | — | #426 | 190 | |
| 1940 | — | #435 | 177 | |
| 1939 | — | #419 | 184 | |
| 1938 | — | #420 | 183 | |
| 1937 | — | #430 | 172 | |
| 1936 | — | #392 | 194 | |
| 1935 | — | #411 | 179 | |
| 1934 | — | #398 | 192 | |
| 1933 | — | #384 | 199 | |
| 1932 | — | #392 | 205 | |
| 1931 | — | #383 | 214 | |
| 1930 | — | #382 | 221 | |
| 1929 | — | #362 | 245 | |
| 1928 | — | #374 | 243 | |
| 1927 | — | #355 | 272 | |
| 1926 | — | #357 | 266 | |
| 1925 | — | #330 | 306 | |
| 1924 | — | #332 | 306 | |
| 1923 | — | #317 | 330 | |
| 1922 | — | #314 | 332 | |
| 1921 | — | #299 | 360 | |
| 1920 | — | #296 | 362 | |
| 1919 | — | #295 | 334 | |
| 1918 | — | #274 | 377 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #306 | 299 |
| 1916 | — | #262 | 362 | |
| 1915 | — | #254 | 355 | |
| 1914 | — | #261 | 274 | |
| 1913 | — | #250 | 227 | |
| 1912 | — | #256 | 187 | |
| 1911 | — | #241 | 110 | |
| 1910 | — | #184 | 148 | |
| 1909 | — | #198 | 109 | |
| 1908 | — | #185 | 115 | |
| 1907 | — | #185 | 117 | |
| 1906 | — | #213 | 83 | |
| 1905 | — | #193 | 92 | |
| 1904 | — | #207 | 78 | |
| 1903 | — | #175 | 93 | |
| 1902 | — | #171 | 102 | |
| 1901 | — | #183 | 79 | |
| 1900 | — | #172 | 121 | |
| 1899 | — | #184 | 76 | |
| 1898 | — | #145 | 117 | |
| 1897 | — | #154 | 102 | |
| 1896 | — | #185 | 88 | |
| 1895 | — | #171 | 91 | |
| 1894 | — | #176 | 86 | |
| 1893 | — | #208 | 66 | |
| 1892 | — | #140 | 116 | |
| 1891 | — | #164 | 78 | |
| 1890 | — | #186 | 72 | |
| 1889 | — | #134 | 107 | |
| 1888 | — | #143 | 107 | |
| 1887 | — | #140 | 90 | |
| 1886 | — | #145 | 95 | |
| 1885 | — | #135 | 100 | |
| 1884 | — | #148 | 92 | |
| 1883 | — | #129 | 96 | |
| 1882 | — | #142 | 97 | |
| 1881 | — | #132 | 92 | |
| 1880 | — | #141 | 96 | |
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 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New Mexico#156 · 1 in 673
- South Carolina#183 · 1 in 1,252
- Mississippi#206 · 1 in 1,482
- Colorado#222 · 1 in 1,773
- Louisiana#255 · 1 in 1,745
Best ever in a state: #36 in New Jersey, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #156 | 9 | 1 in 673 |
| South Carolina | #183 | 19 | 1 in 1,252 |
| Mississippi | #206 | 16 | 1 in 1,482 |
| Colorado | #222 | 6 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Louisiana | #255 | 15 | 1 in 1,745 |
| Florida | #266 | 7 | 1 in 2,658 |
| Kentucky | #286 | 10 | 1 in 2,999 |
| Tennessee | #289 | 10 | 1 in 3,193 |
| Georgia | #291 | 11 | 1 in 3,209 |
| Oklahoma | #317 | 6 | 1 in 3,579 |
| North Carolina | #327 | 11 | 1 in 3,785 |
| Alabama | #334 | 9 | 1 in 3,632 |
| Virginia | #345 | 7 | 1 in 4,218 |
| Arkansas | #372 | 5 | 1 in 4,191 |
| Texas | #415 | 19 | 1 in 3,708 |
| Ohio | #432 | 6 | 1 in 11,383 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 972 | #129 (1883) | #139 |
| 1890s | 892 | #140 (1892) | #171 |
| 1900s | 989 | #171 (1902) | #188 |
| 1910s | 2,673 | #184 (1910) | #258 |
| 1920s | 3,022 | #296 (1920) | #334 |
| 1930s | 1,943 | #382 (1930) | #401 |
| 1940s | 1,800 | #426 (1941) | #465 |
| 1950s | 1,613 | #485 (1950) | #578 |
| 1960s | 1,387 | #617 (1961) | #655 |
| 1970s | 3,368 | #355 (1979) | #455 |
| 1980s | 11,282 | #153 (1989) | #238 |
| 1990s | 33,115 | #97 (1999) | #112 |
| 2000s | 39,844 | #96 (2000) | #105 |
| 2010s | 21,415 | #115 (2010) | #201 |
| 2020s | 5,007 | #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 1942
boys
#438
198 births · 1 in 6,976 boys
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 6,976 of them was named Jake, which outranked 89.2% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).