Boys' name · since 1993
Jakin
268 babies named Jakin in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,266 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 268
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jakin is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 268 have been recorded since 1993.
Jakin has 268 recorded births among boys since 1993, 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 1993 to 2023.
- #11,266 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 268 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakin ranks #11,266 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 268 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,266 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 268
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jakin's 268 recorded births place it above 75.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jakin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jakin splits its recorded history at 2009: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jakin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2023
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Jakin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (120 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Jakin's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Jakin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
120 births
- 2010s
2010s
100 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 120 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Jakin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (120 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jakin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~30 yrs)
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, 1993–2023 (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 Jakin 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.