Boys' name · since 2010
Jaking
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 189 babies named Jaking, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,306 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 189
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
189 boys have been named Jaking since 2010, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jaking has 189 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2024.
- #13,306 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 189 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaking ranks #13,306 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 189 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,306 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 189
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaking's 189 recorded births place it above 70.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaking's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaking's full recorded timeline at 2018, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaking popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2024
- Peak year (2021)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
189 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 22 births in a single year.
Jaking by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (109 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Jaking's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Jaking births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (58% of all-time use).
Jaking decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Jaking's data
- Jaking's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (109 total births) through the 2020s (80) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaking: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~14 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, 2010–2024 (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 Jaking 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.
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