Jacoby
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #1,425 for boys in 2025, 126 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 691 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,161since 1959
Jacoby over time
Rank among boys' names. Jacoby has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,425 | 126 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,321 | 146 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,192 | 169 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,209 | 164 | |
| 2021 | — | #885 | 261 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #910 | 245 |
| 2019 | — | #868 | 254 | |
| 2018 | — | #837 | 266 | |
| 2017 | — | #785 | 299 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #732 | 334 |
| 2015 | — | #656 | 394 | |
| 2014 | — | #589 | 468 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #485 | 569 |
| 2012 | — | #522 | 503 | |
| 2011 | — | #485 | 543 | |
| 2010 | — | #474 | 548 | |
| 2009 | — | #444 | 630 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #422 | 691 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #622 | 395 |
| 2006 | — | #915 | 210 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #892 | 202 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #824 | 216 |
| 2003 | — | #760 | 233 | |
| 2002 | — | #770 | 224 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #734 | 237 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #824 | 194 |
| 1999 | — | #863 | 175 | |
| 1998 | — | #764 | 209 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #951 | 141 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #868 | 159 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #887 | 152 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #822 | 167 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #757 | 190 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #728 | 201 |
| 1991 | — | #853 | 150 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #907 | 129 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #940 | 117 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #916 | 108 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #990 | 92 |
| 1986 | — | #954 | 92 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,020 | 80 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,060 | 71 |
| 1983 | — | #916 | 93 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,654 | 36 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,479 | 42 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,464 | 41 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,508 | 38 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,948 | 24 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
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| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jacoby! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1960, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jacoby is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#224 · 1 in 1,182
- Mississippi#422 · 1 in 3,433
- Alabama#441 · 1 in 4,506
- South Carolina#467 · 1 in 4,716
- Texas#588 · 1 in 6,439
Best ever in a state: #68 in New Hampshire, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #224 | 27 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Mississippi | #422 | 5 | 1 in 3,433 |
| Alabama | #441 | 6 | 1 in 4,506 |
| South Carolina | #467 | 5 | 1 in 4,716 |
| Texas | #588 | 23 | 1 in 6,439 |
| Georgia | #661 | 6 | 1 in 8,243 |
| Florida | #720 | 9 | 1 in 9,925 |
| California | #1,814 | 6 | 1 in 44,776 |
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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 Jacoby
- 104 spots since 2024 (#1,321 → #1,425)
- 515 spots since 2020 (#910 → #1,425)
- 769 spots since 2015 (#656 → #1,425)
- Biggest jump: 738 spots in 1983 (#1,654 → #916)
- Biggest drop: 324 spots in 2022 (#885 → #1,209)
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2008 at #422 (691 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1986–2021
- Highest: 1 in 2,952 boys born in 2008 were named Jacoby (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,556 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 37.4% of all boys named Jacoby (4,178) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9 | #2,821 (1959) | #2,821 |
| 1960s | 7 | #3,356 (1961) | #3,356 |
| 1970s | 189 | #1,464 (1979) | #2,769 |
| 1980s | 762 | #916 (1988) | #1,174 |
| 1990s | 1,673 | #728 (1992) | #840 |
| 2000s | 3,232 | #422 (2008) | #721 |
| 2010s | 4,178 | #474 (2010) | #643 |
| 2020s | 1,111 | #885 (2021) | #1,157 |
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.
Jacoby in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 368,710 of them was named Jacoby, which outranked 15.0% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,188 names at #12,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 17,102 of them was named Jacoby, which outranked 89.8% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #932Waylon119
- #938Denny118
- #938Silas118
- #940Jacoby117
- #940Brandin117
- #940Danielle117
- #940Kelby117
- #947Elvin116
- #947Jamarcus116
- #947Marlin116
Tied with 6 names at #940; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.