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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#40 · 1 in 134
- Massachusetts#45 · 1 in 183
- New Jersey#47 · 1 in 224
- Connecticut#49 · 1 in 192
- Hawaii#63 · 1 in 251
Best ever in a state: #36 in New Jersey, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #40 | 39 | 1 in 134 |
| Massachusetts | #45 | 198 | 1 in 183 |
| New Jersey | #47 | 215 | 1 in 224 |
| Connecticut | #49 | 96 | 1 in 192 |
| Hawaii | #63 | 21 | 1 in 251 |
| New York | #66 | 331 | 1 in 347 |
| Idaho | #67 | 31 | 1 in 241 |
| Minnesota | #75 | 104 | 1 in 277 |
| Illinois | #76 | 231 | 1 in 345 |
| Vermont | #78 | 10 | 1 in 245 |
| Nevada | #81 | 33 | 1 in 324 |
| Oregon | #90 | 56 | 1 in 346 |
| Maryland | #94 | 62 | 1 in 453 |
| Florida | #95 | 195 | 1 in 440 |
| Pennsylvania | #95 | 151 | 1 in 437 |
| Wisconsin | #95 | 77 | 1 in 373 |
| New Hampshire | #101 | 16 | 1 in 372 |
| Utah | #101 | 52 | 1 in 368 |
| Kansas | #102 | 38 | 1 in 407 |
| Colorado | #103 | 62 | 1 in 403 |
| California | #108 | 540 | 1 in 455 |
| Delaware | #109 | 8 | 1 in 490 |
| Michigan | #113 | 106 | 1 in 559 |
| Washington | #113 | 69 | 1 in 489 |
| Georgia | #116 | 82 | 1 in 612 |
| Louisiana | #116 | 52 | 1 in 517 |
| Montana | #116 | 10 | 1 in 402 |
| Alabama | #118 | 42 | 1 in 585 |
| North Dakota | #118 | 8 | 1 in 473 |
| Arizona | #122 | 74 | 1 in 464 |
| Arkansas | #122 | 26 | 1 in 564 |
| Missouri | #122 | 61 | 1 in 564 |
| South Dakota | #124 | 8 | 1 in 485 |
| Alaska | #126 | 7 | 1 in 479 |
| Maine | #126 | 10 | 1 in 575 |
| Oklahoma | #129 | 37 | 1 in 543 |
| Tennessee | #130 | 48 | 1 in 722 |
| Indiana | #134 | 55 | 1 in 678 |
| Iowa | #134 | 27 | 1 in 602 |
| Ohio | #140 | 86 | 1 in 814 |
| Texas | #140 | 267 | 1 in 588 |
| Virginia | #141 | 47 | 1 in 821 |
| Nebraska | #143 | 16 | 1 in 609 |
| Kentucky | #156 | 27 | 1 in 860 |
| North Carolina | #159 | 52 | 1 in 904 |
| New Mexico | #179 | 14 | 1 in 761 |
| Mississippi | #183 | 17 | 1 in 880 |
| South Carolina | #224 | 17 | 1 in 1,187 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2000 at #96 (4,091 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 5 yrs · run 1999–2001
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 193,412 of them was named Jake, which outranked 44.2% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,334Zarriah10
- #8,334Zerina10
- #8,334Zeynep10
- #9,017Jake9
- #9,017Aaminah9
- #9,017Aarica9
- #9,017Abagael9
- #9,802Aaliayah8
- #9,802Aamina8
- #9,802Aaren8
Tied with 784 names at #9,017; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 491 of them was named Jake, which outranked 99.1% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.