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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jake” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jake” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jake” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jake” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jake” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jake” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jake” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jake” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 96 0.000476465 96 -100%
1881 92 0.000477456 92 -100%
1882 97 0.000437858 97 -100%
1883 96 0.000442506 96 -100%
1884 92 0.000377884 92 -100%
1885 100 0.000415189 100 -100%
1886 95 0.000372088 95 -100%
1887 90 0.000363795 90 -100%
1888 107 0.000357293 107 -100%
1889 107 0.000370311 107 -100%
1890 72 0.000238884 72 -100%
1891 78 0.000272087 78 -100%
1892 116 0.000346917 116 -100%
1893 66 0.000202938 66 -100%
1894 86 0.00025392 86 -100%
1895 91 0.000259244 91 -100%
1896 88 0.000246165 88 -100%
1897 102 0.000293985 102 -100%
1898 117 0.00030672 117 -100%
1899 76 0.000224034 76 -100%
1900 121 0.000268735 121 -100%
1901 79 0.000228448 79 -100%
1902 102 0.000263748 102 -100%
1903 93 0.000243966 93 -100%
1904 78 0.000193316 78 -100%
1905 92 0.000217021 92 -100%
1906 83 0.000193721 83 -100%
1907 117 0.000251402 117 -100%
1908 115 0.000235343 115 -100%
1909 109 0.000213214 109 -100%
1910 148 0.000250546 148 -100%
1911 110 0.000170734 110 -100%
1912 187 0.000189259 187 -100%
1913 227 0.000199629 227 -100%
1914 274 0.000193456 274 -100%
1915 355 0.000193732 355 -100%
1916 362 0.000187136 362 -100%
1917 306 0.000152485 7 299 -95%
1918 377 0.000173644 377 -100%
1919 334 0.000158275 334 -100%
1920 362 0.00015999 362 -100%
1921 360 0.000154208 360 -100%
1922 332 0.000145032 332 -100%
1923 330 0.000143324 330 -100%
1924 306 0.000128485 306 -100%
1925 306 0.000131145 306 -100%
1926 266 0.000115858 266 -100%
1927 272 0.000117274 272 -100%
1928 243 0.000107478 243 -100%
1929 245 0.000111762 245 -100%
1930 221 0.000099402 221 -100%
1931 214 0.000101692 214 -100%
1932 205 0.000097097 205 -100%
1933 199 0.000099528 199 -100%
1934 192 0.000092449 192 -100%
1935 179 0.00008565 179 -100%
1936 194 0.000093378 194 -100%
1937 172 0.000080726 172 -100%
1938 183 0.000082709 183 -100%
1939 184 0.000083506 184 -100%
1940 177 0.000076867 177 -100%
1941 190 0.000077983 190 -100%
1942 198 0.000072479 198 -100%
1943 159 0.000056332 159 -100%
1944 172 0.000063939 172 -100%
1945 165 0.000062196 165 -100%
1946 193 0.000060401 193 -100%
1947 187 0.000051911 187 -100%
1948 174 0.000050398 174 -100%
1949 185 0.000053088 185 -100%
1950 192 0.000054805 192 -100%
1951 179 0.000048592 179 -100%
1952 174 0.000045814 174 -100%
1953 163 0.000042298 163 -100%
1954 169 0.000042455 169 -100%
1955 141 0.000035118 141 -100%
1956 137 0.000033228 137 -100%
1957 154 0.000036648 154 -100%
1958 157 0.000037979 157 -100%
1959 147 0.000035354 147 -100%
1960 156 0.000037556 156 -100%
1961 165 0.000039833 165 -100%
1962 147 0.000036428 147 -100%
1963 154 0.000038907 154 -100%
1964 134 0.000034469 134 -100%
1965 144 0.000039719 144 -100%
1966 121 0.000034814 121 -100%
1967 104 0.000030634 104 -100%
1968 124 0.000036704 124 -100%
1969 138 0.000039709 138 -100%
1970 153 0.000042423 153 -100%
1971 177 0.000051568 177 -100%
1972 266 0.000084633 266 -100%
1973 314 0.000104081 314 -100%
1974 309 0.000101645 309 -100%
1975 334 0.000110618 334 -100%
1976 429 0.000141384 429 -100%
1977 450 0.000141666 5 445 -98%
1978 449 0.000141468 449 -100%
1979 495 0.000148783 495 -100%
1980 568 0.0001649 568 -100%
1981 593 0.000171418 593 -100%
1982 671 0.000191279 671 -100%
1983 772 0.000222906 772 -100%
1984 753 0.000215836 5 748 -99%
1985 1076 0.000301476 5 1071 -99%
1986 1565 0.000439968 12 1553 -98%
1987 1647 0.000456788 8 1639 -99%
1988 1720 0.000465488 13 1707 -98%
1989 1965 0.000511127 1965 -100%
1990 2237 0.000565974 10 2227 -99%
1991 2781 0.000713944 7 2774 -99%
1992 2936 0.00076433 8 2928 -99%
1993 3204 0.000849804 8 3196 -100%
1994 3483 0.000936881 15 3468 -99%
1995 3519 0.00096091 9 3510 -99%
1996 3457 0.000947852 8 3449 -100%
1997 3849 0.001061574 9 3840 -100%
1998 3795 0.001031753 7 3788 -100%
1999 3943 0.001067445 7 3936 -100%
2000 4098 0.001084154 7 4091 -100%
2001 3844 0.001026877 6 3838 -100%
2002 3792 0.001014367 3792 -100%
2003 4415 0.001161134 10 4405 -100%
2004 4485 0.0011738 14 4471 -99%
2005 4153 0.001080148 4153 -100%
2006 4039 0.001020932 11 4028 -99%
2007 3882 0.000971063 3882 -100%
2008 3800 0.000966758 5 3795 -100%
2009 3396 0.000888965 10 3386 -99%
2010 3440 0.000930802 3440 -100%
2011 3110 0.00085024 3110 -100%
2012 2685 0.000734135 6 2679 -100%
2013 2449 0.000671756 2449 -100%
2014 2171 0.000585747 2171 -100%
2015 1922 0.000519331 1922 -100%
2016 1591 0.000433669 5 1586 -99%
2017 1503 0.000420279 1503 -100%
2018 1379 0.000392219 1379 -100%
2019 1175 0.000338526 1175 -100%
2020 1035 0.000309827 1035 -100%
2021 969 0.000286014 969 -100%
2022 790 0.000233511 790 -100%
2023 782 0.000236168 782 -100%
2024 743 0.000223224 743 -100%

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