# Jak (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jak/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 542 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 542 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,962, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 5,293 |
| 2012 | 24 | 4,189 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,700 |
| 2014 | 34 | 3,259 |
| 2015 | 32 | 3,467 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,847 |
| 2017 | 24 | 4,268 |
| 2018 | 24 | 4,285 |
| 2019 | 28 | 3,843 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,339 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,533 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,034 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,524 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,127 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,604 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 602 |
| 2012 | 37 | 837 |
| 2013 | 44 | 730 |
| 2014 | 40 | 781 |
| 2015 | 39 | 807 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.