Jakobe Boy
How popular is Jakobe?
#1,459 boy name in 2025
122 baby boys were named Jakobe in the US in 2025, making it the 1459th most popular boy name.
Jakobe popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,459 for boys (▼ 156 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 122 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,162 in 2015, #833 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (273 boys) |
| Highest rank | #815 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1996 |
| 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 |
Jakobe 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 Jakobe is most popular
Babies named Jakobe per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (68 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (62 boys)
Jakobe by decade
Boy names about as popular as Jakobe
Questions
- Is Jakobe a boy or girl name?
- Jakobe is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jakobe were boys.
- How popular is the name Jakobe?
- 122 baby boys were named Jakobe in the US in 2025, making it the 1459th most popular boy name.
- When was Jakobe most popular?
- Jakobe peaked in 2020, when 273 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #815 in 2003.
- How many people are named Jakobe?
- 4,883 babies have been named Jakobe in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,835 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Jakobe most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jakobe was most common in Alabama, at 0.4 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.