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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #172, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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
1969—
1968#3,6736
1967#2,7609
1966#3,9485
1965—
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 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedAKMaine: #111 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 424 boysMEVermont: #122 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 472 boysVTNew Hampshire: #115 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 497 boysNHWashington: #145 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 609 boysWAIdaho: #170 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 656 boysIDMontana: #152 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 499 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #131 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 611 boysMNIllinois: #174 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 829 boysILWisconsin: #136 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 579 boysWIMichigan: #133 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 637 boysMINew York: #247 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 1,591 boysNYMassachusetts: #170 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,132 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedRIOregon: #124 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 507 boysORNevada: #137 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 538 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #165 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 649 boysSDIowa: #156 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 666 boysIAIndiana: #121 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 511 boysINOhio: #128 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 630 boysOHPennsylvania: #142 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 747 boysPANew Jersey: #187 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,229 boysNJConnecticut: #136 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 727 boysCTCalifornia: #188 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 976 boysCAUtah: #108 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 403 boysUTColorado: #158 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 661 boysCONebraska: #118 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 424 boysNEMissouri: #157 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 781 boysMOKentucky: #117 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 605 boysKYWest Virginia: #159 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 836 boysWVVirginia: #146 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 789 boysVAMaryland: #174 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 991 boysMDDelaware: #109 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 469 boysDEArizona: #136 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 527 boysAZNew Mexico: #181 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 760 boysNMKansas: #154 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 589 boysKSArkansas: #176 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 827 boysARTennessee: #180 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 987 boysTNNorth Carolina: #198 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 1,078 boysNCSouth Carolina: #187 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,045 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #146 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 589 boysOKLouisiana: #214 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,048 boysLAMississippi: #214 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,037 boysMSAlabama: #135 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 703 boysALGeorgia: #257 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 1,385 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jakob, so not publishedHITexas: #227 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 1,128 boysTXFlorida: #158 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 812 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#108 · 1 in 403
  2. Delaware#109 · 1 in 469
  3. Maine#111 · 1 in 424
  4. New Hampshire#115 · 1 in 497
  5. Kentucky#117 · 1 in 605

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#108521 in 403
Delaware#10991 in 469
Maine#111131 in 424
New Hampshire#115121 in 497
Kentucky#117401 in 605
Nebraska#118241 in 424
Indiana#121771 in 511
Vermont#12251 in 472
Oregon#124391 in 507
Ohio#1281121 in 630
Minnesota#131481 in 611
Michigan#133931 in 637
Alabama#135361 in 703
Arizona#136721 in 527
Connecticut#136251 in 727
Wisconsin#136511 in 579
Nevada#137231 in 538
Pennsylvania#142881 in 747
Washington#145571 in 609
Oklahoma#146351 in 589
Virginia#146521 in 789
Montana#15281 in 499
Kansas#154281 in 589
Iowa#156251 in 666
Missouri#157441 in 781
Colorado#158431 in 661
Florida#1581101 in 812
West Virginia#159111 in 836
South Dakota#16561 in 649
Idaho#170121 in 656
Massachusetts#170321 in 1,132
Illinois#174971 in 829
Maryland#174291 in 991
Arkansas#176181 in 827
Tennessee#180371 in 987
New Mexico#181141 in 760
New Jersey#187391 in 1,229
South Carolina#187201 in 1,045
California#1882541 in 976
North Carolina#198481 in 1,078
Louisiana#214261 in 1,048
Mississippi#214151 in 1,037
Texas#2271521 in 1,128
New York#247721 in 1,591
Georgia#257401 in 1,385
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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 2000

boys
#173
2,161 births · 1 in 909 boys

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #173Jakob2,161
More about 2000

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 909 of them was named Jakob, which outranked 98.6% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jakob
  1. #170Cesar2,260
  2. #171Wesley2,216
  3. #172Levi2,200
  4. #173Jakob2,161
  5. #174Chandler2,131
  6. #175Martin2,110
  7. #176Malik2,084
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →