Jake — #422 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jake

The Social Security Administration has registered 128,639 babies named Jake between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jake currently holds the #422 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 4,471 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jake performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 39,841 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jake shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15,862 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jake in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jake in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 128,639 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.