Meaning not yet researched.
Jake: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 682 in 2025. Its best rank was #96 in 2000.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #96 in 2000; #457 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Jake in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#457 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2000, at #96.
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Jake: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 682 boys in 2025. Peak: #96 in 2000 · most boys in one year: 4,473 (2004).
In 2025, 682 US boys were named Jake, making it the 457th most common boys’ name of the year, down 36 places from #421 in 2024. That is 66 fewer than the 748 boys named Jake in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #96, reached in 2000. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,473, in 2004. For comparison, it was #207 in 2015 and #485 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jake in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 96 babies with the name. In all, 129,539 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 39,907 babies named Jake.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,650 US boys were named Jake; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,586. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,505 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jake ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #192 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jack (759,677 babies since 1880), Jace (92,412 babies since 1880) and Jayce (47,162 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Jake in the open dataset we use.
Jake is listed as a nickname for Jacob, Jakob.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 18 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 51 | #192 | #90 |
| Connecticut | 12 | #272 | #124 |
| New York | 66 | #285 | #97 |
| Mississippi | 11 | #294 | #349 |
| Massachusetts | 20 | #294 | #126 |
| Florida | 59 | #330 | #162 |
| Kansas | 11 | #339 | #240 |
| Louisiana | 14 | #359 | #175 |
| Utah | 12 | #392 | #351 |
| Arizona | 19 | #403 | #290 |
| California | 70 | #457 | #176 |
| Georgia | 24 | #457 | #254 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #464 | #190 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #466 | #287 |
| Alabama | 11 | #466 | #317 |
| North Carolina | 22 | #481 | #281 |
| Washington | 15 | #482 | #269 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #482 | #289 |
| Oregon | 7 | #498 | #439 |
| Texas | 67 | #504 | #218 |
| Colorado | 11 | #516 | #326 |
| Indiana | 13 | #524 | #252 |
| Iowa | 6 | #531 | #264 |
| Tennessee | 14 | #535 | #231 |
| Virginia | 14 | #537 | #215 |
| Missouri | 10 | #576 | #268 |
| Illinois | 16 | #583 | #254 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #586 | #357 |
| Michigan | 12 | #658 | #413 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #684 | #170 |
| Maryland | 6 | #753 | #226 |
| Ohio | 10 | #828 | #324 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #862 | #375 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 682 | #457 |
| 2024 | — | — | 748 | #421 |
| 2023 | — | — | 782 | #410 |
| 2022 | — | — | 790 | #406 |
| 2021 | — | — | 969 | #337 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,036 | #320 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,175 | #295 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,379 | #263 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,503 | #249 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,308 | 1,586 | #242 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,922 | #207 |
| 2014 | — | — | 2,171 | #190 |
| 2013 | — | — | 2,450 | #166 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,748 | 2,679 | #153 |
| 2011 | — | — | 3,110 | #129 |
| 2010 | — | — | 3,440 | #115 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,986 | 3,386 | #125 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,672 | 3,795 | #111 |
| 2007 | — | — | 3,882 | #112 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,185 | 4,028 | #108 |
| 2005 | — | — | 4,153 | #103 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,987 | 4,473 | #98 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,972 | 4,406 | #98 |
| 2002 | — | — | 3,792 | #102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,226 | 3,838 | #100 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,315 | 4,091 | #96 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,861 | 3,936 | #97 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,620 | 3,788 | #102 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,335 | 3,840 | #101 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,920 | 3,449 | #114 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,047 | 3,509 | #108 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,118 | 3,468 | #106 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,938 | 3,197 | #111 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,829 | 2,929 | #119 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,710 | 2,772 | #119 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,114 | 2,227 | #140 |
| 1989 | — | — | 1,964 | #153 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,019 | 1,706 | #166 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,283 | 1,639 | #166 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,898 | 1,553 | #171 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,310 | 1,071 | #221 |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,031 | 746 | #278 |
| 1983 | — | — | 771 | #269 |
| 1982 | — | — | 670 | #299 |
| 1981 | — | — | 595 | #322 |
| 1980 | — | — | 567 | #332 |
| 1979 | — | — | 495 | #356 |
| 1978 | — | — | 449 | #362 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,206 | 445 | #368 |
| 1976 | — | — | 427 | #370 |
| 1975 | — | — | 334 | #429 |
| 1974 | — | — | 309 | #456 |
| 1973 | — | — | 314 | #441 |
| 1972 | — | — | 266 | #480 |
| 1971 | — | — | 176 | #624 |
| 1970 | — | — | 153 | #662 |
| 1969 | — | — | 138 | #673 |
| 1968 | — | — | 124 | #677 |
| 1967 | — | — | 104 | #727 |
| 1966 | — | — | 121 | #675 |
| 1965 | — | — | 144 | #632 |
| 1964 | — | — | 134 | #666 |
| 1963 | — | — | 154 | #632 |
| 1962 | — | — | 147 | #639 |
| 1961 | — | — | 166 | #618 |
| 1960 | — | — | 155 | #626 |
| 1959 | — | — | 147 | #638 |
| 1958 | — | — | 157 | #614 |
| 1957 | — | — | 154 | #620 |
| 1956 | — | — | 137 | #649 |
| 1955 | — | — | 141 | #626 |
| 1954 | — | — | 169 | #564 |
| 1953 | — | — | 163 | #555 |
| 1952 | — | — | 174 | #533 |
| 1951 | — | — | 179 | #507 |
| 1950 | — | — | 192 | #485 |
| 1949 | — | — | 185 | #488 |
| 1948 | — | — | 174 | #498 |
| 1947 | — | — | 187 | #494 |
| 1946 | — | — | 193 | #457 |
| 1945 | — | — | 165 | #463 |
| 1944 | — | — | 172 | #465 |
| 1943 | — | — | 159 | #492 |
| 1942 | — | — | 198 | #441 |
| 1941 | — | — | 190 | #426 |
| 1940 | — | — | 177 | #435 |
| 1939 | — | — | 184 | #419 |
| 1938 | — | — | 183 | #422 |
| 1937 | — | — | 172 | #432 |
| 1936 | — | — | 194 | #392 |
| 1935 | — | — | 179 | #411 |
| 1934 | — | — | 192 | #398 |
| 1933 | — | — | 199 | #384 |
| 1932 | — | — | 205 | #392 |
| 1931 | — | — | 214 | #384 |
| 1930 | — | — | 221 | #382 |
| 1929 | — | — | 245 | #362 |
| 1928 | — | — | 243 | #374 |
| 1927 | — | — | 272 | #355 |
| 1926 | — | — | 266 | #358 |
| 1925 | — | — | 306 | #330 |
| 1924 | — | — | 306 | #333 |
| 1923 | — | — | 330 | #318 |
| 1922 | — | — | 332 | #314 |
| 1921 | — | — | 360 | #300 |
| 1920 | — | — | 362 | #296 |
| 1919 | — | — | 334 | #295 |
| 1918 | — | — | 377 | #274 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,900 | 299 | #306 |
| 1916 | — | — | 362 | #262 |
| 1915 | — | — | 355 | #254 |
| 1914 | — | — | 274 | #261 |
| 1913 | — | — | 227 | #250 |
| 1912 | — | — | 187 | #258 |
| 1911 | — | — | 110 | #244 |
| 1910 | — | — | 148 | #184 |
| 1909 | — | — | 109 | #199 |
| 1908 | — | — | 115 | #185 |
| 1907 | — | — | 117 | #185 |
| 1906 | — | — | 83 | #215 |
| 1905 | — | — | 92 | #193 |
| 1904 | — | — | 78 | #207 |
| 1903 | — | — | 93 | #177 |
| 1902 | — | — | 102 | #171 |
| 1901 | — | — | 79 | #185 |
| 1900 | — | — | 121 | #172 |
| 1899 | — | — | 76 | #184 |
| 1898 | — | — | 117 | #145 |
| 1897 | — | — | 102 | #155 |
| 1896 | — | — | 88 | #185 |
| 1895 | — | — | 91 | #172 |
| 1894 | — | — | 86 | #177 |
| 1893 | — | — | 66 | #210 |
| 1892 | — | — | 116 | #140 |
| 1891 | — | — | 78 | #164 |
| 1890 | — | — | 72 | #188 |
| 1889 | — | — | 107 | #135 |
| 1888 | — | — | 107 | #144 |
| 1887 | — | — | 90 | #142 |
| 1886 | — | — | 95 | #147 |
| 1885 | — | — | 100 | #135 |
| 1884 | — | — | 92 | #148 |
| 1883 | — | — | 96 | #129 |
| 1882 | — | — | 97 | #142 |
| 1881 | — | — | 92 | #134 |
| 1880 | — | — | 96 | #141 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).