Jake
Boy · JAYK · Hebrew
ClassicBig in Northern Ireland
Jake is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 224th for boys in the UK (251 babies) and 457th for boys in the US (682 babies).
What does Jake mean?
Hebrew: originally a form of Jack, now mainly a short form of Jacob
“heel-holder, supplanter”
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Is Jake a girl's or a boy's name?
Jake is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 251 boys in the UK and 682 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jake in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #224among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 251about 1 in 1,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 251 boys in the UK were named Jake, making it the 224th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 104th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4,445 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Jake since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Jake in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 235th in England and Wales, 208th in Scotland and 126th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#18), 2004 (#26) and 2014 (#33).
Jake in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 251 | #224 |
| 2024 | 325 | #175 |
| 2023 | 375 | #160 |
| 2022 | 500 | #127 |
| 2021 | 646 | #104 |
| 2020 | 643 | #104 |
| 2019 | 847 | #80 |
| 2018 | 1,136 | #61 |
| 2017 | 1,278 | #55 |
| 2016 | 1,614 | #42 |
| 2015 | 2,274 | #33 |
| 2014 | 2,457 | #34 |
| 2013 | 2,527 | #32 |
| 2012 | 2,675 | #33 |
| 2011 | 2,905 | #29 |
| 2010 | 2,726 | #30 |
| 2009 | 2,675 | #32 |
| 2008 | 3,056 | #25 |
| 2007 | 3,629 | #19 |
| 2006 | 4,018 | #15 |
| 2005 | 3,839 | #18 |
| 2004 | 2,998 | #30 |
| 2003 | 2,744 | #32 |
| 2002 | 2,970 | #28 |
| 2001 | 3,660 | #19 |
| 2000 | 3,770 | #24 |
| 1999 | 3,599 | #24 |
| 1998 | 3,948 | #24 |
| 1997 | 4,094 | #23 |
| 1996 | 4,445 | #21 |
How popular is Jake in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #457among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 682about 1 in 2,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 682 boys in the US were named Jake, making it the 457th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 320th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4,473 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 15 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jake than any year since 1982.
Half of all the boys named Jake in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jake in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 682 | #457 |
| 2024 | 748 | #421 |
| 2023 | 782 | #410 |
| 2022 | 790 | #406 |
| 2021 | 969 | #337 |
| 2020 | 1,036 | #320 |
| 2019 | 1,175 | #294 |
| 2018 | 1,379 | #263 |
| 2017 | 1,503 | #249 |
| 2016 | 1,586 | #242 |
| 2015 | 1,922 | #207 |
| 2014 | 2,171 | #190 |
| 2013 | 2,450 | #166 |
| 2012 | 2,679 | #153 |
| 2011 | 3,110 | #129 |
| 2010 | 3,440 | #115 |
| 2009 | 3,386 | #125 |
| 2008 | 3,795 | #111 |
| 2007 | 3,882 | #112 |
| 2006 | 4,028 | #108 |
| 2005 | 4,153 | #103 |
| 2004 | 4,473 | #98 |
| 2003 | 4,406 | #98 |
| 2002 | 3,792 | #102 |
| 2001 | 3,838 | #100 |
| 2000 | 4,091 | #96 |
| 1999 | 3,936 | #97 |
| 1998 | 3,788 | #102 |
| 1997 | 3,840 | #101 |
| 1996 | 3,449 | #114 |
| 1995 | 3,509 | #108 |
| 1994 | 3,468 | #106 |
| 1993 | 3,197 | #111 |
| 1992 | 2,929 | #119 |
| 1991 | 2,772 | #119 |
| 1990 | 2,227 | #140 |
| 1989 | 1,964 | #153 |
| 1988 | 1,706 | #166 |
| 1987 | 1,639 | #166 |
| 1986 | 1,553 | #171 |
| 1985 | 1,071 | #221 |
| 1984 | 746 | #278 |
| 1983 | 771 | #269 |
| 1982 | 670 | #299 |
| 1981 | 595 | #321 |
| 1980 | 567 | #332 |
| 1979 | 495 | #355 |
| 1978 | 449 | #362 |
| 1977 | 445 | #368 |
| 1976 | 427 | #370 |
| 1975 | 334 | #429 |
| 1974 | 309 | #456 |
| 1973 | 314 | #441 |
| 1972 | 266 | #480 |
| 1971 | 176 | #623 |
| 1970 | 153 | #662 |
| 1969 | 138 | #673 |
| 1968 | 124 | #675 |
| 1967 | 104 | #726 |
| 1966 | 121 | #672 |
| 1965 | 144 | #631 |
| 1964 | 134 | #665 |
| 1963 | 154 | #631 |
| 1962 | 147 | #638 |
| 1961 | 166 | #616 |
| 1960 | 155 | #624 |
| 1959 | 147 | #637 |
| 1958 | 157 | #612 |
| 1957 | 154 | #618 |
| 1956 | 137 | #647 |
| 1955 | 141 | #624 |
| 1954 | 169 | #561 |
| 1953 | 163 | #554 |
| 1952 | 174 | #531 |
| 1951 | 179 | #506 |
| 1950 | 192 | #484 |
| 1949 | 185 | #485 |
| 1948 | 174 | #498 |
| 1947 | 187 | #492 |
| 1946 | 193 | #457 |
| 1945 | 165 | #462 |
| 1944 | 172 | #464 |
| 1943 | 159 | #491 |
| 1942 | 198 | #438 |
| 1941 | 190 | #426 |
| 1940 | 177 | #435 |
| 1939 | 184 | #419 |
| 1938 | 183 | #420 |
| 1937 | 172 | #430 |
| 1936 | 194 | #392 |
| 1935 | 179 | #411 |
| 1934 | 192 | #398 |
| 1933 | 199 | #384 |
| 1932 | 205 | #392 |
| 1931 | 214 | #383 |
| 1930 | 221 | #382 |
| 1929 | 245 | #362 |
| 1928 | 243 | #374 |
| 1927 | 272 | #355 |
| 1926 | 266 | #357 |
| 1925 | 306 | #330 |
| 1924 | 306 | #332 |
| 1923 | 330 | #317 |
| 1922 | 332 | #314 |
| 1921 | 360 | #299 |
| 1920 | 362 | #296 |
| 1919 | 334 | #295 |
| 1918 | 377 | #274 |
| 1917 | 299 | #306 |
| 1916 | 362 | #262 |
| 1915 | 355 | #254 |
| 1914 | 274 | #261 |
| 1913 | 227 | #250 |
| 1912 | 187 | #256 |
| 1911 | 110 | #241 |
| 1910 | 148 | #184 |
| 1909 | 109 | #198 |
| 1908 | 115 | #185 |
| 1907 | 117 | #185 |
| 1906 | 83 | #213 |
| 1905 | 92 | #193 |
| 1904 | 78 | #207 |
| 1903 | 93 | #175 |
| 1902 | 102 | #171 |
| 1901 | 79 | #183 |
| 1900 | 121 | #172 |
| 1899 | 76 | #184 |
| 1898 | 117 | #145 |
| 1897 | 102 | #154 |
| 1896 | 88 | #185 |
| 1895 | 91 | #171 |
| 1894 | 86 | #176 |
| 1893 | 66 | #208 |
| 1892 | 116 | #140 |
| 1891 | 78 | #164 |
| 1890 | 72 | #186 |
| 1889 | 107 | #134 |
| 1888 | 107 | #143 |
| 1887 | 90 | #140 |
| 1886 | 95 | #145 |
| 1885 | 100 | #135 |
| 1884 | 92 | #148 |
| 1883 | 96 | #129 |
| 1882 | 97 | #142 |
| 1881 | 92 | #132 |
| 1880 | 96 | #141 |
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