Boys' name · since 1996

Jaken

102 babies named Jaken in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#17,283 of 45,481
all-time among boys
102
born since 1996
2000s
peak decade

Jaken sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 102 recorded since 1996.

Jaken has 102 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2019.

  • #17,283 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 102 born since 1996
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaken ranks #17,283 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 102 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.

#17,283 of 45,481
all-time among boys
102
born since 1996
2000s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jaken's 102 recorded births place it above 61.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Jaken's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jaken's full recorded timeline at 2008, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jaken popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2019

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2011)
11
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
4681012 19962001200320072009201120162019 5

Jaken by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (56 births, 55% of the file).

2000s was Jaken's strongest decade.

56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.

Jaken births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 56 births (55% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaken? ▼
Jaken has been given to 102 babies in the U.S. since 1996, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #17,283 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2019. 11 babies were born in 2011, its single highest year.
Where does Jaken sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaken ranks #17,283 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jaken most popular? ▼
Jaken was most popular in the 2000s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Jaken been used? ▼
Jaken has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 24 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jaken? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jake, Jakob, Jakari, Jakobe, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Jaken's data

  • Jaken's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2010s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Jaken

Nearby Names Like Jaken

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Jaken

Jake Boy
#457 129,322 births
Jakob Boy
#1374 31,959 births
Jakari Boy
#613 5,312 births
Jakobe Boy
#1464 4,883 births
Jakai Boy
#570 4,059 births

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jaken: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jaken draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.