Jakob

#1,370 for boys in 2025, 135 births

Peak · boys
2001 · 2,192 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
31,959
since 1957

Jakob over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jakob has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #172, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,370135
2024#1,119191
2023#1,118189
2022#991227
2021#845281
2020#882256
2019#759312
2018#703344
2017#638404
2016#581476
2015#525548
2014#458645
2013#415711
2012#395742
2011#334910
2010#2981,097
2009#324989
2008#3081,083
2007#3031,108
2006#2931,158
2005#2751,215
2004#2351,416
2003#2181,607
2002#2031,836
2001#1722,192
2000#1732,161
1999#2001,693
1998#1911,784
1997#2201,387
1996#382611
1995#407561
1994#430530
1993#449487
1992#482436
1991#521368
1990#578306
1989#632249
1988#699179
1987#751148
1986#751146
1985#99883
1984#96884
1983#93689
1982#1,02378
1981#1,01480
1980#1,02278
1979#1,13762
1978#1,35246
1977#1,26849
1976#1,82827
1975#1,59332
1974#1,74727
1973#3,01311
1972#2,24317
1971#2,97311
1970#4,2306
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1968#3,6736
1967#2,7609
1966#3,9485
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1964#3,6016
1963#4,0485
1962#3,6406
1961#4,0655
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1959#3,6196
1958#3,5596
1957#3,2577
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First appearance
1957

The first year at least five boys were named Jakob! It came in at #3,257, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1960–1961, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jakob is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedNHWashington: #167 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 809 boysWAIdaho: #211 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,033 boysIDMontana: #172 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 821 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #251 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,023 boysMNIllinois: #343 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 2,430 boysILWisconsin: #216 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,549 boysWIMichigan: #278 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 2,161 boysMINew York: #533 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 4,894 boysNYMassachusetts: #268 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,512 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedRIOregon: #244 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,379 boysORNevada: #281 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,653 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedSDIowa: #225 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,635 boysIAIndiana: #261 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,005 boysINOhio: #326 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,996 boysOHPennsylvania: #468 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 5,063 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #337 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,219 boysCTCalifornia: #438 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 4,064 boysCAUtah: #268 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,594 boysUTColorado: #348 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,444 boysCONebraska: #226 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,435 boysNEMissouri: #357 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,118 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #205 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,579 boysWVVirginia: #574 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,695 boysVAMaryland: #346 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,683 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedDEArizona: #608 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,495 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedNMKansas: #293 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,901 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedARTennessee: #352 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,877 boysTNNorth Carolina: #416 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,447 boysNCSouth Carolina: #503 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,988 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #380 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,777 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedALGeorgia: #791 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,071 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedHITexas: #584 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 5,671 boysTXFlorida: #358 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 2,573 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Washington#167 · 1 in 809
  2. Montana#172 · 1 in 821
  3. West Virginia#205 · 1 in 1,579
  4. Idaho#211 · 1 in 1,033
  5. Wisconsin#216 · 1 in 1,549

Best ever in a state: #80 in New Hampshire, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#167411 in 809
Montana#17251 in 821
West Virginia#20561 in 1,579
Idaho#21171 in 1,033
Wisconsin#216191 in 1,549
Iowa#225101 in 1,635
Nebraska#22671 in 1,435
Oregon#244141 in 1,379
Minnesota#251141 in 2,023
Indiana#261191 in 2,005
Massachusetts#268151 in 2,512
Utah#268111 in 1,594
Michigan#278281 in 2,161
Nevada#28161 in 1,653
Kansas#29381 in 1,901
Ohio#326241 in 2,996
Connecticut#33761 in 3,219
Illinois#343341 in 2,430
Maryland#346111 in 2,683
Colorado#348101 in 2,444
Tennessee#352121 in 2,877
Missouri#357111 in 3,118
Florida#358331 in 2,573
Oklahoma#38071 in 2,777
North Carolina#416131 in 3,447
California#438641 in 4,064
Pennsylvania#468141 in 5,063
South Carolina#50351 in 3,988
New York#533251 in 4,894
Virginia#57471 in 5,695
Texas#584271 in 5,671
Arizona#60851 in 6,495
Georgia#79161 in 8,071
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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 Jakob
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 251 spots since 2024 (#1,119 → #1,370)
  • 488 spots since 2020 (#882 → #1,370)
  • 845 spots since 2015 (#525 → #1,370)
  • Biggest jump: 247 spots in 1986 (#998 → #751)
  • Biggest drop: 146 spots in 2022 (#845 → #991)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 2001 at #172 (2,192 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1983–2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 886
  • Highest: 1 in 886 boys born in 2001 were named Jakob (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,652 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 46.2% of all boys named Jakob (14,765) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s19#3,257 (1957)#3,478
1960s42#2,760 (1967)#3,676
1970s288#1,137 (1979)#2,138
1980s1,214#632 (1989)#879
1990s8,163#191 (1998)#386
2000s14,765#172 (2001)#250
2010s6,189#298 (2010)#511
2020s1,279#845 (2021)#1,054

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.

Jakob in 1995

boys
#407
561 births · 1 in 3,393 boys

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #407Jakob561
More about 1995

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 3,393 of them was named Jakob, which outranked 96.1% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jakob
  1. #404Sam569
  2. #405Kendrick566
  3. #406Stanley562
  4. #407Jakob561
  5. #407Skylar561
  6. #409Davis560
  7. #410Jarrett559
  8. #411Deion558

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995 →