How Many People Are Named Jake?
people named Jake are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,978 people in the US has this name
Based on 129,539 babies named Jake in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,487 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval variant of JACK. It is also sometimes used as a short form of JACOB.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jake (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jake alive today is about 25 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jake first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2004, to 4,487 babies. In 2025, 682 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jake never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #96, in 2000, and it was in the top 100 in 5 years between 1999 and 2004. In 2025 it ranked #457.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #457 |
| Best rank | #96 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | 5 (1999 to 2004) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #106 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jake alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jake were born in California than in any other state: about 15,439 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jake was given 1.8 times as often in New Jersey, 1.7 times in Connecticut and 1.7 times in Massachusetts.
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