Jake is a familiar variant of Jack that peaked in 2004 and has since faded.
Jake is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #457 for boy births in the United States (and #923 across all names), given to 682 babies. Jake first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2004 (4,473 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 682 | 682 | — | #457 |
| 2024 | 748 | 748 | — | #421 |
| 2023 | 782 | 782 | — | #410 |
| 2022 | 790 | 790 | — | #406 |
| 2021 | 969 | 969 | — | #337 |
| 2020 | 1,036 | 1,041 | — | #320 |
| 2019 | 1,175 | 1,175 | — | #295 |
| 2018 | 1,379 | 1,384 | — | #263 |
| 2017 | 1,503 | 1,511 | — | #249 |
| 2016 | 1,591 | 1,600 | #17,308 | #242 |
| 2015 | 1,922 | 1,929 | — | #207 |
| 2014 | 2,171 | 2,177 | — | #190 |
| 2013 | 2,450 | 2,468 | — | #166 |
| 2012 | 2,685 | 2,685 | #15,748 | #153 |
| 2011 | 3,110 | 3,116 | — | #129 |
| 2010 | 3,440 | 3,448 | — | #115 |
| 2009 | 3,396 | 3,401 | #10,986 | #125 |
| 2008 | 3,800 | 3,806 | #18,672 | #111 |
| 2007 | 3,882 | 3,888 | — | #112 |
| 2006 | 4,039 | 4,047 | #10,185 | #108 |
| 2005 | 4,153 | 4,162 | — | #103 |
| 2004 | 4,487 | 4,494 | #7,987 | #98 |
| 2003 | 4,416 | 4,422 | #9,972 | #98 |
| 2002 | 3,792 | 3,792 | — | #102 |
| 2001 | 3,844 | 3,855 | #14,226 | #100 |
| 2000 | 4,098 | 4,106 | #12,315 | #96 |
| 1999 | 3,943 | 3,950 | #11,861 | #97 |
| 1998 | 3,795 | 3,802 | #11,620 | #102 |
| 1997 | 3,849 | — | #9,335 | #101 |
| 1996 | 3,457 | — | #9,920 | #114 |
| 1995 | 3,518 | — | #9,047 | #108 |
| 1994 | 3,483 | — | #6,118 | #106 |
| 1993 | 3,205 | — | #9,938 | #111 |
| 1992 | 2,937 | — | #9,829 | #119 |
| 1991 | 2,779 | — | #10,710 | #119 |
| 1990 | 2,237 | — | #8,114 | #140 |
| 1989 | 1,964 | — | — | #153 |
| 1988 | 1,719 | — | #6,019 | #166 |
| 1987 | 1,647 | — | #8,283 | #166 |
| 1986 | 1,565 | — | #5,898 | #171 |
| 1985 | 1,076 | — | #11,310 | #221 |
| 1984 | 751 | — | #11,031 | #278 |
| 1983 | 771 | — | — | #269 |
| 1982 | 670 | — | — | #299 |
| 1981 | 595 | — | — | #322 |
| 1980 | 567 | — | — | #332 |
| 1979 | 495 | — | — | #356 |
| 1978 | 449 | — | — | #362 |
| 1977 | 450 | — | #10,206 | #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 | 306 | — | #3,900 | #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 |