Jakob Boy
How popular is Jakob?
#1,370 boy name in 2025
135 baby boys were named Jakob in the US in 2025, making it the 1370th most popular boy name.
Jakob popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,370 for boys (▼ 251 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 135 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #525 in 2015, #882 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (2,192 boys) |
| Highest rank | #172 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jakob counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jacob family of names ranked #45 for boys in 2025 (#41 the year before), with 6,503 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob | 6,152 | 95% |
| Jakob | 135 | 2% |
| Jakobe | 122 | 2% |
| Jaycob | 81 | 1% |
| Jaykob | 5 | 0% |
| Jacobe | 8 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jakob is most popular
Babies named Jakob per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Connecticut: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.2 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Jakob by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 19 | #3,256 |
| 1960s | 42 | #2,759 |
| 1970s | 288 | #1,137 |
| 1980s | 1,214 | #629 |
| 1990s | 8,163 | #191 |
| 2000s | 14,765 | #172 |
| 2010s | 6,189 | #298 |
| 2020s | 1,279 | #845 |
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Questions
- Is Jakob a boy or girl name?
- Jakob is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jakob were boys.
- How popular is the name Jakob?
- 135 baby boys were named Jakob in the US in 2025, making it the 1370th most popular boy name.
- When was Jakob most popular?
- Jakob peaked in 2001, when 2,192 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #172 in 2001.
- How many people are named Jakob?
- 31,959 babies have been named Jakob in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,353 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Jakob most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jakob was most common in Colorado, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.