as a First Name
Variant of Jack, of Middle English origin, which since the 1990s has come back into fashion as an independent given name. It is also sometimes used as a short form of Jacob.
| 675th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 64,281
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 99,872
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Idaho
- has the most people named Jake per capita
- 2004
- marked the height of its popularity
0.02%
99.98%
3%
55+
55+
6%
30-54
30-54
25%
13-29
13-29
66%
0-12
0-12
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