Boys' name · since 1913
Jakie
759 babies named Jakie in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 759
- total births
- 1913–2002
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 24%
- born in that decade
Jakie is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 759 have been recorded since 1913.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakie has been recorded 759 times among boys since 1913, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2002.
- 759 total births
- 1913–2002 years on record
- 1930s peak decade
- 24% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
759 boys have been named Jakie since 1913, peaking in the 1930s, last recorded in 2002.
- 759
- total births
- 1913–2002
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 24%
- born in that decade
24% of everyone ever named Jakie was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Jakie in 1930 - its busiest year on record.
Jakie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jakie splits its recorded history at 1944: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1930 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jakie at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jakie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2002
- Peak year (1930)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 90 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2002.
759 total births across 90 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 28 births in a single year.
Jakie popularity over time - girls
17 total births recorded since 1934 (Jakie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jakie accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jakie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1930s was Jakie's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Jakie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 63
1910s
63 births
- 1920s
1920s
154 births
- 1930s
1930s
184 births
- 1940s
1940s
150 births
- 1950s
1950s
108 births
- 1960s 60
1960s
60 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 184 births (24% of all-time use).
Jakie decade highlights
- Peak decade 184 births
- Runner-up 154 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Jakie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jakie's total volume
Jakie vs 15 similarly-sized boys names
Jakie by state
Where Jakie concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 759 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 0.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Jakie's data
- Jakie's decade-level peak was the 1930s (184 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Jakies (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1913–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Jakie: Baby Name Since 1913 - 759 Births, Peak 1930." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jakie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jakie 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 June 2026.
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