Names / Boy names
Jake
Current rank
#457
and easing
All-time peak
#96
in 2000
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
129,500
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #96 in 2000 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Recorded as a boys' name, Jake enters U.S. records in 1880. It currently ranks #457 and is slowly cooling. It crested in 2000 at #96. Over 129,500 have carried it since records began.