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How popular is the name Jake?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jakes are alive today.
Jake (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 235th in 2025 with 213 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1994, when around 5,000 babies were given the name, the 18th most popular that year. It has declined since 1994; the 2025 figure is roughly 4% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 76,000 babies have been named Jake in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Jake is also a common short form of Jacob, so many people called Jake are registered under the longer name.
The Jake you are most likely to meet is around 32 years old. Half of all Jakes born in England and Wales are between 19 and 34, and there are at least 110,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 30% chance that at least one of them will be called Jake.
How many babies are named Jake each year?
Where does Jake rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jake most popular?
Jake peaked in 1994, when around 5,000 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Jake?
At least 110,000 people named Jake born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jake?
Most living Jakes are between 19 and 34; the most common age is about 32.
Is Jake becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak.