Jake
270
Babies in 2024
-88%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 4.33k
-15%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Jake
Jake peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (4,331 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 270 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Jake reached its peak in 1996, when 4,331 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #18 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 270 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 66,896 boys have been officially registered with the name Jake in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 10,621 boys were registered with the name, starting from 2,207 in 2014 and ending at 270 in 2024.