Jake
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Jake
This unpretentious, accessible, and optimistic ("everything's jake" -- meaning OK) short form of the top name Jacob is itself widely used, though more parents these days are opting for the full name Jacob. Jake (born Jacob) Gyllenhall is its most prominent current bearer.
As of 2023, Jake was in the US Top 500, but ranked more highly in the UK and in The Netherlands.
Jake is also given to girls.
Pronounced JAYK.
As of October 2026, Jake ranked #457 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #96 in 2000, Nameberry popularity #300.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #190 | 2,171 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #207 | 1,922 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #242 | 1,586 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #249 | 1,503 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #263 | 1,379 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #294 | 1,175 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #320 | 1,035 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #337 | 969 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #405 | 790 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #408 | 782 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #422 | 743 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #457 | 682 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Jake on lists
Famous Jakes
- Jacob Benjamin "Jake" GyllenhaalBoy
American actor
- Jake T. Austin (born Jake Austin Szymanski)Boy
American actor
- Jake MonrealBoy
American ballroom dancer
- Jake Christopher DelhommeBoy
American football player
- Jacob Mark "Jake" PittsBoy
American guitarist
- Jason Steven "Jake" PlummerBoy
American football player
- Jake Edward LongBoy
American football player
- Joshua Ryan "Jake" OwenBoy
American singer
- Jacob "Jake" ShortBoy
American actor
- Jake BrownBoy
Australian pro skateboarder
- Jake Bugg (born Jake Edwin Kennedy)Boy
English singer,songwriter
- Jake WeberBoy
English actor
- Jake Matthew LloydBoy
American actor and entrepreneur
- Giacobbe "Jake" LaMottaBoy
American boxer
- Jake Peter RocheBoy
British actor and musician
- Jake Johnson (born Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger) American actorBoy
comedian and director
- Jacob Edward "Jake" PeavyBoy
American baseball player
- Jerry Dean "Jake" GibbsBoy
American baseball player
- Iakovos "Jake" ChapmanBoy
English artist
- Jake RoperBoy
American vlogger "Vsauce 3"
- Jake KaminskiBoy
American archer
- Jake Joseph PaulBoy
Youtuber
- Jake MitchellBoy
British internet personality
- Jake DufnerBoy
American internet personality
- Jake Stone Gonzollo (b. 2017)Boy
son of Barry's Bootcamp CEO Joey Gonzalez
- Jake Jaeyun SimBoy
South Korean singer and songwriter from Australia; member of Kpop boy-band Enhypen
Jake in pop culture
- Jake SullyBoy
main character in movie "Avatar"
- J.J. "Jake" GittesBoy
main character in movie "Chinatown"
- Jake the DogBoy
character on TV's "Adventure Time"
- Jake MullerBoy
character in the game "Resident Evil 6"
- Jake MarshallBoy
character in 'Ace Attorney' game series
- Jake PoddingtonBoy
character in Tom Swift in Captivity (1912)
- Jake PeraltaBoy
character on TV show, "Brooklyn Nine,Nine"
- Jake DoyleBoy
character on TV's "Republic of Doyle"
- Jake PuckermanBoy
character on TV's "Glee"
- Jacob David "Jake" HarperBoy
character on TV's "Two and a Half Men"
- Jacob "Jake" BohmBoy
main character on TV's "Touch"
- Jake RyanBoy
character on TV's "Hannah Montana"
- Jake RyanBoy
character in movie "Sixteen Candles"
- Jake BluesBoy
character from the movie "Blues Brothers"
- Jake from State FarmBoy
advertising mascot
- Jake MorgendorfferBoy
character in animated series "Daria"
- Jake EnglishBoy
character in web comic "Homestuck"
- Jake BermanBoy
character on TV's "The Mind of the Married Man"
- JakeBoy
elf on TV's "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom"
- Jake StylesBoy
character on TV's "Jake and the Fatman"
- Jacob "Jake" MoonBoy
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Jake DeanBoy
character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- Jake FeatherstonBoy
character in Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory series
- "American Dragon: Jake LongBoy
" animated TV series
- JakeBoy
character in the Ape Escape video game series
- JakeBoy
dog in video game "Dog's Life"
- Jake FischerBoy
character in movie "The Guardian"
- Jake BerensonBoy
character in the Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate
- Jacob P. "Jake" SpidermonkeyBoy
main character in animated series "My Gym Partner's a Monkey"
- JakeBoy
character in 2003 movie "Freaky Friday"
- Jake ChambersBoy
character in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series
- Jake BakerBoy
character in movie "Cheaper by the Dozen"
- Jake MartinBoy
character on American soap "All My Children"
- Jake MartinBoy
character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Jake GreenBoy
main character on TV's "Jericho"
- Jake TuckerBoy
boy with an upside,down face on TV's "Family Guy"
- JakeBoy
Karate teacher on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Jake JagielskiBoy
minor character in "One Tree Hill"
- Jake BrockmanBoy
character on TV show 'Outnumbered'
- JakeBoy
character in Erin Hunter's book series "Warriors"
- Jake SimmonsBoy
character on TV's "The Flash" and "Arrow"
- Jake CrossleyBoy
character on TV's "Evermoor"
- Jake FitzgeraldBoy
a character on MTV's "Scream: The TV Series"
- Jacob "Jake" RosatiBoy
character on MTV's "Awkward."
- Jake SaltBoy
character on TV's "Famous in Love"
- "Jake 2.0Boy
" TV series and main character
- "Jake the PegBoy
" song by Rolf Harris
- Less than JakeBoy
American rock band
- Jake GriffinBoy
minor character on "The 100"
- Cactus JakeBoy
character in the cartoon show "Garfield and Friends" based on the Garfield comic strip
- Jake SiskoBoy
character on the TV show "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"