first name
JAKE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 132,610 people named Jake, 80.7% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jake peaked in 2004, when 4,487 babies got the name.
At least 129,539 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jake by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #189. The largest share of babies named Jake, 46.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jake is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jake has been most common in Nevada (2×), Utah (1.9×), and New Jersey (1.8×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.24×).
122,791 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jake
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jake, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jake ranks #26,789 of 156,621, with 958 people. See Jake as a last name
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