Jake
Jake was given to 682 boys in 2025, #457 among boys’ names; 129,539 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 114,000 Americans named Jake and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (88% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 17 and 32.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jake by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jake mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jake is “a male given name.”
Originally a medieval variant of Jack; today also used as a diminutive form of Jacob and James.
/d͡ʒeɪk/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jake?
#457 among boys’ names, 2025
Jake fell from #207 in 2015 to #457 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 1.0 to 0.40 per 1,000.
4,487 babies in 2004, the peak
Jake peaked in 2004, when 4,487 babies were given it (4,473 boys, #98 among boys’ names). The 682 births of 2025 are 15% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 682 | #457 | 0.40 |
| 2024 | 748 | #421 | 0.43 |
| 2023 | 782 | #410 | 0.46 |
| 2022 | 790 | #406 | 0.45 |
| 2021 | 969 | #337 | 0.55 |
| 2020 | 1,036 | #320 | 0.60 |
| 2019 | 1,175 | #295 | 0.65 |
| 2018 | 1,379 | #263 | 0.76 |
| 2017 | 1,503 | #249 | 0.81 |
| 2016 | 1,586 | #242 | 0.84 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,922 | #207 | 1.0 |
| 2014 | 2,171 | #190 | 1.1 |
| 2013 | 2,450 | #166 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 2,679 | #153 | 1.4 |
| 2011 | 3,110 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 2010 | 3,440 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 3,386 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 2008 | 3,795 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 2007 | 3,882 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 2006 | 4,028 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 2005 | 4,153 | #103 | 2.1 |
| 2004 | 4,473 | #98 | 2.3 |
| 2003 | 4,406 | #98 | 2.2 |
| 2002 | 3,792 | #102 | 2.0 |
| 2001 | 3,838 | #100 | 2.0 |
| 2000 | 4,091 | #96 | 2.1 |
| 1999 | 3,936 | #97 | 2.0 |
| 1998 | 3,788 | #102 | 2.0 |
| 1997 | 3,840 | #101 | 2.0 |
| 1996 | 3,449 | #114 | 1.8 |
| 1995 | 3,509 | #108 | 1.8 |
| 1994 | 3,468 | #106 | 1.8 |
| 1993 | 3,197 | #111 | 1.6 |
| 1992 | 2,929 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 1991 | 2,772 | #119 | 1.4 |
| 1990 | 2,227 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1989 | 1,964 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 1,706 | #166 | 0.89 |
| 1987 | 1,639 | #166 | 0.88 |
| 1986 | 1,553 | #171 | 0.84 |
| 1985 | 1,071 | #221 | 0.58 |
| 1984 | 746 | #278 | 0.41 |
| 1983 | 771 | #269 | 0.43 |
| 1982 | 670 | #299 | 0.37 |
| 1981 | 595 | #322 | 0.33 |
| 1980 | 567 | #332 | 0.32 |
| 1979 | 495 | #356 | 0.29 |
| 1978 | 449 | #362 | 0.27 |
| 1977 | 445 | #368 | 0.27 |
| 1976 | 427 | #370 | 0.27 |
| 1975 | 334 | #429 | 0.21 |
| 1974 | 309 | #456 | 0.20 |
| 1973 | 314 | #441 | 0.20 |
| 1972 | 266 | #480 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 176 | #624 | 0.10 |
| 1970 | 153 | #662 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 138 | #673 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 124 | #677 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 104 | #727 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 121 | #675 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 144 | #632 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 134 | #666 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 154 | #632 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 147 | #639 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 166 | #617 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 155 | #625 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 147 | #637 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 157 | #613 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 154 | #619 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 137 | #648 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 141 | #625 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 169 | #563 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 163 | #554 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 174 | #532 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 179 | #506 | 0.10 |
| 1950 | 192 | #484 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 185 | #487 | 0.10 |
| 1948 | 174 | #498 | 0.10 |
| 1947 | 187 | #494 | 0.10 |
| 1946 | 193 | #457 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 165 | #463 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 172 | #465 | 0.13 |
| 1943 | 159 | #492 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 198 | #441 | 0.14 |
| 1941 | 190 | #426 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 177 | #435 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 184 | #419 | 0.17 |
| 1938 | 183 | #422 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 172 | #432 | 0.16 |
| 1936 | 194 | #392 | 0.19 |
| 1935 | 179 | #411 | 0.17 |
| 1934 | 192 | #398 | 0.19 |
| 1933 | 199 | #384 | 0.20 |
| 1932 | 205 | #392 | 0.20 |
| 1931 | 214 | #384 | 0.21 |
| 1930 | 221 | #382 | 0.20 |
| 1929 | 245 | #362 | 0.23 |
| 1928 | 243 | #374 | 0.22 |
| 1927 | 272 | #355 | 0.24 |
| 1926 | 266 | #358 | 0.24 |
| 1925 | 306 | #330 | 0.27 |
| 1924 | 306 | #333 | 0.27 |
| 1923 | 330 | #318 | 0.30 |
| 1922 | 332 | #314 | 0.31 |
| 1921 | 360 | #300 | 0.33 |
| 1920 | 362 | #296 | 0.34 |
| 1919 | 334 | #295 | 0.34 |
| 1918 | 377 | #274 | 0.37 |
| 1917 | 299 | #306 | 0.32 |
| 1916 | 362 | #262 | 0.41 |
| 1915 | 355 | #254 | 0.42 |
| 1914 | 274 | #261 | 0.42 |
| 1913 | 227 | #250 | 0.44 |
| 1912 | 187 | #258 | 0.43 |
| 1911 | 110 | #244 | 0.49 |
| 1910 | 148 | #184 | 0.76 |
| 1909 | 109 | #199 | 0.66 |
| 1908 | 115 | #185 | 0.75 |
| 1907 | 117 | #185 | 0.80 |
| 1906 | 83 | #215 | 0.62 |
| 1905 | 92 | #193 | 0.70 |
| 1904 | 78 | #207 | 0.61 |
| 1903 | 93 | #177 | 0.78 |
| 1902 | 102 | #171 | 0.83 |
| 1901 | 79 | #185 | 0.74 |
| 1900 | 121 | #172 | 0.80 |
| 1899 | 76 | #184 | 0.72 |
| 1898 | 117 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1897 | 102 | #155 | 0.90 |
| 1896 | 88 | #185 | 0.74 |
| 1895 | 91 | #172 | 0.78 |
| 1894 | 86 | #177 | 0.74 |
| 1893 | 66 | #210 | 0.59 |
| 1892 | 116 | #140 | 1.0 |
| 1891 | 78 | #164 | 0.77 |
| 1890 | 72 | #188 | 0.65 |
| 1889 | 107 | #135 | 1.0 |
| 1888 | 107 | #144 | 0.89 |
| 1887 | 90 | #142 | 0.89 |
| 1886 | 95 | #147 | 0.86 |
| 1885 | 100 | #135 | 0.93 |
| 1884 | 92 | #148 | 0.80 |
| 1883 | 96 | #129 | 0.92 |
| 1882 | 97 | #142 | 0.85 |
| 1881 | 92 | #134 | 0.91 |
| 1880 | 96 | #141 | 0.87 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jake a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jake has been given almost only to boys: 217 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Jake: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jake, and how old are they?
114,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 88% of the 129,539 Americans ever recorded as Jake. The median Jake alive today is 24 years old; half are between 17 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 132,610 people named Jake (363 women and girls, 132,247 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 111,545 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 629 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,020 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,110 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 31,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 59,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 17,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jake born?
The states with the most babies named Jake are California, Texas and New York, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 70 | #457 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 67 | #504 | 0.9× |
| New York | 66 | #285 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 59 | #330 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 51 | #192 | 1.7× |
| Georgia | 24 | #457 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 22 | #481 | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 20 | #294 | 1.5× |
| Arizona | 19 | #403 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 16 | #583 | 0.9× |
Where Jake is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jake is most over-represented in New Jersey: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jake with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 284,015 babies since 1880, Jake is the most given (46% of them). In 2025 it was given to 682 of their 6,589 babies (10%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jake
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jake and names like it
- Compare Jake and JaceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sJake peaked in 2004.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jake since 1910.
- The top names of 2004The year the most babies were named Jake.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Jake alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with JMost given first.