Jacob
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271 · #43 for boys in 2025, 6,152 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 35,371 births
- Debut · boys
- 404 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 76 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 988,227since 1880
Jacob over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #43 | 6,152 | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #40 | 6,541 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #35 | 7,015 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #32 | 7,667 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #24 | 8,494 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #15 | 9,309 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #12 | 10,797 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #13 | 11,897 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #9 | 13,269 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #7 | 14,559 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | #4 | 16,005 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #4 | 16,923 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 | #2 | 18,201 |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 | #1 | 19,110 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | #1 | 20,403 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 | #1 | 22,157 |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | #1 | 21,204 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | #1 | 22,621 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 | #1 | 24,310 |
| 2006 | #3,992 | 37 | #1 | 24,871 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 | #1 | 25,851 |
| 2004 | #1,262 | 171 | #1 | 27,911 |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 | #1 | 29,658 |
| 2002 | #3,334 | 41 | #1 | 30,586 |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 | #1 | 32,573 |
| 2000 | #2,545 | 59 | #1 | 34,492 |
| 1999 | #2,343 | 63 | #1 | 35,371 |
| 1998 | #2,338 | 60 | #2 | 36,031 |
| 1997 | #2,229 | 61 | #2 | 34,163 |
| 1996 | #2,423 | 53 | #3 | 31,925 |
| 1995 | #2,052 | 66 | #4 | 31,134 |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 | #7 | 29,417 |
| 1993 | #2,045 | 67 | #9 | 27,487 |
| 1992 | #2,459 | 52 | #15 | 25,665 |
| 1991 | #2,163 | 61 | #17 | 25,200 |
| 1990 | #2,174 | 59 | #20 | 22,022 |
| 1989 | #1,804 | 74 | #26 | 17,831 |
| 1988 | #1,660 | 78 | #28 | 15,883 |
| 1987 | #1,446 | 90 | #31 | 14,326 |
| 1986 | #1,552 | 78 | #31 | 13,652 |
| 1985 | #1,562 | 77 | #35 | 12,284 |
| 1984 | #2,050 | 49 | #37 | 11,358 |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 | #36 | 10,999 |
| 1982 | #1,641 | 70 | #41 | 10,059 |
| 1981 | #1,830 | 60 | #43 | 9,342 |
| 1980 | #2,014 | 52 | #43 | 8,520 |
| 1979 | #2,304 | 41 | #45 | 7,545 |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 | #50 | 6,161 |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 | #56 | 5,788 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | #63 | 4,509 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | #75 | 3,618 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #88 | 2,957 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #122 | 2,123 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #155 | 1,683 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #223 | 1,057 |
| 1970 | — | #255 | 910 | |
| 1969 | — | #296 | 656 | |
| 1968 | — | #324 | 553 | |
| 1967 | — | #354 | 445 | |
| 1966 | — | #351 | 454 | |
| 1965 | — | #346 | 487 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #344 | 522 |
| 1963 | — | #353 | 487 | |
| 1962 | — | #369 | 474 | |
| 1961 | — | #354 | 504 | |
| 1960 | — | #351 | 493 | |
| 1959 | — | #328 | 558 | |
| 1958 | — | #341 | 506 | |
| 1957 | — | #331 | 540 | |
| 1956 | — | #322 | 538 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #303 | 577 |
| 1954 | — | #306 | 563 | |
| 1953 | — | #289 | 590 | |
| 1952 | — | #298 | 561 | |
| 1951 | — | #311 | 502 | |
| 1950 | — | #318 | 465 | |
| 1949 | — | #308 | 490 | |
| 1948 | — | #289 | 550 | |
| 1947 | — | #301 | 522 | |
| 1946 | — | #304 | 457 | |
| 1945 | — | #292 | 417 | |
| 1944 | — | #283 | 437 | |
| 1943 | — | #281 | 476 | |
| 1942 | — | #252 | 524 | |
| 1941 | — | #257 | 466 | |
| 1940 | — | #234 | 514 | |
| 1939 | — | #261 | 427 | |
| 1938 | — | #240 | 488 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #223 | 536 |
| 1936 | — | #229 | 500 | |
| 1935 | — | #242 | 475 | |
| 1934 | — | #219 | 547 | |
| 1933 | — | #213 | 539 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #218 | 558 |
| 1931 | — | #217 | 572 | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #212 | 622 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #203 | 647 |
| 1928 | — | #196 | 718 | |
| 1927 | — | #173 | 855 | |
| 1926 | — | #177 | 810 | |
| 1925 | — | #166 | 901 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #163 | 970 |
| 1923 | — | #160 | 975 | |
| 1922 | — | #148 | 1,027 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #143 | 1,094 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #143 | 1,050 |
| 1919 | — | #137 | 1,082 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #133 | 1,198 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #130 | 1,122 |
| 1916 | — | #123 | 1,132 | |
| 1915 | — | #121 | 1,122 | |
| 1914 | — | #113 | 997 | |
| 1913 | — | #117 | 744 | |
| 1912 | — | #110 | 691 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #116 | 323 |
| 1910 | — | #117 | 273 | |
| 1909 | — | #102 | 262 | |
| 1908 | — | #107 | 235 | |
| 1907 | — | #101 | 243 | |
| 1906 | — | #114 | 187 | |
| 1905 | — | #98 | 220 | |
| 1904 | — | #89 | 243 | |
| 1903 | — | #103 | 189 | |
| 1902 | — | #95 | 207 | |
| 1901 | — | #98 | 172 | |
| 1900 | — | #101 | 233 | |
| 1899 | — | #92 | 189 | |
| 1898 | — | #81 | 256 | |
| 1897 | — | #88 | 204 | |
| 1896 | — | #82 | 241 | |
| 1895 | — | #74 | 266 | |
| 1894 | — | #68 | 292 | |
| 1893 | — | #65 | 292 | |
| 1892 | — | #73 | 283 | |
| 1891 | — | #69 | 238 | |
| 1890 | — | #66 | 290 | |
| 1889 | — | #67 | 295 | |
| 1888 | — | #57 | 353 | |
| 1887 | — | #56 | 317 | |
| 1886 | — | #54 | 346 | |
| 1885 | — | #52 | 343 | |
| 1884 | — | #50 | 381 | |
| 1883 | — | #49 | 356 | |
| 1882 | — | #46 | 390 | |
| 1881 | — | #39 | 381 | |
| 1880 | — | #39 | 404 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jacob was already there! It came in at #39, and was given to 404 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1908, when fewer than 260 boys a year got the name.
Where Jacob is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Idaho#5 · 1 in 42
- Iowa#6 · 1 in 43
- Minnesota#7 · 1 in 46
- Nebraska#9 · 1 in 51
- Utah#9 · 1 in 59
Best ever in a state: #1 in Iowa, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #5 | 151 | 1 in 42 |
| Iowa | #6 | 408 | 1 in 43 |
| Minnesota | #7 | 667 | 1 in 46 |
| Kansas | #9 | 269 | 1 in 62 |
| Nebraska | #9 | 215 | 1 in 51 |
| Utah | #9 | 274 | 1 in 59 |
| Montana | #11 | 89 | 1 in 52 |
| Wisconsin | #11 | 634 | 1 in 51 |
| North Dakota | #13 | 79 | 1 in 59 |
| Oregon | #14 | 276 | 1 in 67 |
| Washington | #14 | 470 | 1 in 69 |
| Arkansas | #16 | 207 | 1 in 71 |
| South Dakota | #16 | 70 | 1 in 67 |
| Missouri | #17 | 535 | 1 in 68 |
| Arizona | #19 | 313 | 1 in 94 |
| Oklahoma | #19 | 263 | 1 in 79 |
| Indiana | #21 | 500 | 1 in 78 |
| Louisiana | #21 | 297 | 1 in 106 |
| Alabama | #22 | 244 | 1 in 106 |
| Colorado | #22 | 268 | 1 in 90 |
| Texas | #22 | 1,256 | 1 in 115 |
| Wyoming | #22 | 33 | 1 in 77 |
| Alaska | #23 | 51 | 1 in 85 |
| Kentucky | #23 | 272 | 1 in 87 |
| New Mexico | #23 | 115 | 1 in 99 |
| Michigan | #24 | 708 | 1 in 91 |
| Tennessee | #26 | 308 | 1 in 110 |
| Illinois | #27 | 795 | 1 in 105 |
| Maine | #28 | 83 | 1 in 88 |
| Mississippi | #28 | 124 | 1 in 132 |
| Vermont | #29 | 36 | 1 in 92 |
| Ohio | #30 | 763 | 1 in 101 |
| Georgia | #31 | 351 | 1 in 133 |
| Hawaii | #31 | 56 | 1 in 121 |
| Nevada | #33 | 63 | 1 in 114 |
| New Hampshire | #35 | 72 | 1 in 107 |
| California | #36 | 1,551 | 1 in 163 |
| West Virginia | #36 | 99 | 1 in 104 |
| North Carolina | #37 | 309 | 1 in 141 |
| South Carolina | #37 | 141 | 1 in 159 |
| Virginia | #37 | 284 | 1 in 141 |
| Pennsylvania | #41 | 504 | 1 in 157 |
| Maryland | #43 | 192 | 1 in 160 |
| Florida | #45 | 402 | 1 in 210 |
| Delaware | #47 | 25 | 1 in 177 |
| New York | #48 | 572 | 1 in 227 |
| Rhode Island | #48 | 34 | 1 in 186 |
| Connecticut | #49 | 93 | 1 in 233 |
| Massachusetts | #51 | 201 | 1 in 206 |
| District of Columbia | #56 | 33 | 1 in 251 |
| New Jersey | #69 | 128 | 1 in 402 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jacob
- 3 spots since 2024 (#40 → #43)
- 28 spots since 2020 (#15 → #43)
- 39 spots since 2015 (#4 → #43)
- Biggest jump: 68 spots in 1972 (#223 → #155)
- Biggest drop: 29 spots in 1943 (#252 → #281)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1999 at #1 (35,371 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: 25 yrs · run 1993–2017
- Top 100: 76 yrs · run 1974–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 53 boys born in 1998 were named Jacob (1.9%)
- Latest: 1 in 278 boys born in 2025 (0.36%)
- Its best rank, #1 in 1999, was only 1 in 54 (1.8%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.2% of all boys named Jacob (298,415) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #39 (1880) → #369 (1962) → #1 (1999)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,566 | #39 (1880) | #51 |
| 1890s | 2,551 | #65 (1893) | #76 |
| 1900s | 2,191 | #89 (1904) | #101 |
| 1910s | 8,684 | #110 (1912) | #122 |
| 1920s | 9,047 | #143 (1921) | #167 |
| 1930s | 5,264 | #212 (1930) | #227 |
| 1940s | 4,853 | #234 (1940) | #280 |
| 1950s | 5,400 | #289 (1953) | #315 |
| 1960s | 5,075 | #296 (1969) | #344 |
| 1970s | 36,351 | #45 (1979) | #113 |
| 1980s | 124,254 | #26 (1989) | #35 |
| 1990s | 298,415 | #1 (1999) | #8 |
| 2000s | 274,077 | #1 (2000) | #1 |
| 2010s | 163,321 | #1 (2010) | #5 |
| 2020s | 45,178 | #15 (2020) | #32 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jacob in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 22,831 of them was named Jacob, which outranked 88.0% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,636Nickole79
- #1,636Petra79
- #1,636Tiffiny79
- #1,660Jacob78
- #1,660Alisia78
- #1,660Anya78
- #1,660Carmela78
- #1,671Aliza77
- #1,671Aria77
- #1,671Bryana77
Tied with 10 names at #1,660; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 121 of them was named Jacob, which outranked 99.7% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.