Baby name

Jake

Boy

Origin of the name

Jake is a pet form of Jacob.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 2004, with 4,473 births and the No. 98 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 82%, to about 794 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 457. 31% of all babies named Jake since 1880 were born in the 2000s.

129,322births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 98rank at its peak, in 2004

Where babies named Jake are born

2004

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The darker the blue, the more common Jake is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Jake is most common in Nevada (2 times), Utah (1.9) and New Jersey (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Jace 91,544
Jase 23,905
Jade 5,855
Jame 3,430
Lake 2,987
Jae 1,700

Names from the same era

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