NameTides

Jake

Jake was the #457 boys' name in the US in 2025 (682 babies), and #235 in England & Wales and #127 in Canada.

Jake as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Jake as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Jake as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#457 (682)#235 (213)#208 (20)#126 (18)#95 (60)#127 (243)——
2024#421 (748)#185 (270)#165 (27)#84 (28)#62 (92)#131 (244)——
2023#410 (782)#162 (319)#200 (22)#73 (34)#56 (106)#104 (290)——
2022#406 (790)#134 (411)#148 (34)#44 (55)#56 (112)#89 (348)——
2021#337 (969)#108 (553)#156 (32)#40 (61)#44 (147)#82 (395)——
2020#320 (1,036)#107 (565)#168 (27)#54 (51)#46 (129)#78 (416)#87 (103)—
2019#294 (1,175)#80 (755)#143 (39)#56 (53)#37 (166)#72 (449)—#92 (88)
2018#263 (1,379)#67 (988)#82 (72)#30 (76)#40 (182)#79 (421)#92 (101)—
2017#249 (1,503)#56 (1,135)#92 (66)#28 (77)#36 (184)#79 (414)#81 (111)#93 (71)
2016#242 (1,586)#45 (1,405)#73 (99)#16 (110)#33 (225)#85 (425)#91 (104)#72 (86)
2015#207 (1,922)#34 (2,013)#58 (120)#10 (141)#25 (285)#86 (423)#60 (165)#59 (103)
2014#190 (2,171)#33 (2,207)#59 (111)#13 (139)#27 (263)#93 (422)#55 (179)#55 (115)
2013#166 (2,450)#32 (2,311)#77 (92)#18 (124)#26 (295)#100 (401)#51 (195)#49 (136)
2012#153 (2,679)#33 (2,423)#64 (111)#14 (141)#31 (265)#99 (404)#33 (253)#47 (144)
2011#129 (3,110)#29 (2,619)#55 (134)#14 (152)#34 (247)#92 (429)#28 (272)#27 (192)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #98.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 980common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 460common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 400common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 660common

Next year

On its recent trend, Jake is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jake by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #282NYMassachusetts: #289MAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: #192NJConnecticut: #268CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #453CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #392AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #475NCSouth Carolina: #470SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #353LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #502TXFlorida: #327FL
Jake (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#56113
Ontario2024#27350

Jake (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JakeCanadaGirls—too few
JakeCanadaBoys#127243
JakeEngland & WalesBoys#235213
JakeIrelandBoys#9560
JakeNorthern IrelandBoys#12618
JakeNSWBoys—too few
JakeScotlandBoys#20820
JakeUSGirls—too few
JakeUSBoys#457682
JakeVICBoys—too few