Meaning and history
Jake is a medieval variant of Jack and is also sometimes used as a short form of Jacob.
20062006: 4,028 births, rank #108
2007: 3,882 births, rank #112
2008: 3,795 births, rank #111
2009: 3,386 births, rank #125
2010: 3,440 births, rank #115
20112011: 3,110 births, rank #129
2012: 2,679 births, rank #153
2013: 2,450 births, rank #166
2014: 2,171 births, rank #190
2015: 1,922 births, rank #207
20162016: 1,586 births, rank #242
2017: 1,503 births, rank #249
2018: 1,379 births, rank #263
2019: 1,175 births, rank #294
2020: 1,036 births, rank #320
20212021: 969 births, rank #337
2022: 790 births, rank #406
2023: 782 births, rank #410
2024: 748 births, rank #421
20252025: 682 births, rank #457
Jake moved from #421 to #457 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2004, with 4,473 births.