Boy
Jake
Jake means "Hebrew, supplanter, holder of the heel" and comes from Hebrew, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. Since 1900, roughly 120,023 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
EtymologyDiminutive of Jacob
HebrewHebrew – "supplanter, holder of the heel"
Births by decade
1900s
989
1910s
2,680
1920s
3,022
1930s
1,943
1940s
1,801
1950s
1,616
1960s
1,392
1970s
3,380
1980s
11,315
1990s
33,180
2000s
39,881
2010s
18,824
Peaked in the 2000s · 120,023 total U.S. births since 1900