Jocob

Peak · boys
1987 · 20 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
341
since 1975

Jocob over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jocob has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,641, 1987boys
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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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2009#12,4915
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2007#12,3675
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2005#10,1516
2004#9,9486
2003#6,71510
2002#6,52210
2001#10,5565
2000#9,1126
1999#4,34116
1998#7,5607
1997#5,64210
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1995#6,9927
1994#5,10911
1993#4,22714
1992#4,32713
1991#3,81315
1990#4,67311
1989#3,20518
1988#3,52314
1987#2,64120
1986#3,26814
1985#2,94216
1984#3,45912
1983#2,91215
1982#2,83116
1981#4,5098
1980#4,1349
1979#3,56911
1978#3,40011
1977#5,1236
1976#4,4187
1975#4,3097
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First appearance
1975

The first year at least five boys were named Jocob! It came in at #4,309, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Jocob is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Jocob in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jocob
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1975
  • Peaked 1987 at #2,641 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 93,349
  • Highest: 1 in 93,349 boys born in 1987 were named Jocob (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 396,715 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 41.6% of all boys named Jocob (142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s42#3,400 (1978)#4,164
1980s142#2,641 (1987)#3,342
1990s104#3,813 (1991)#5,187
2000s53#6,522 (2002)#9,733

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.

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