Yaqub Boy
How popular is Yaqub?
#3,088 boy name in 2025
39 baby boys were named Yaqub in the US in 2025, making it the 3088th most popular boy name.
Yaqub popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,088 for boys (▼ 131 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 39 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,512 in 2015, #3,650 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (51 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,555 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 2000 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Yaqub counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Yaqub family of names ranked #2,201 for boys in 2025 (#2,101 the year before), with 47 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yaqub | 39 | 83% |
| Yakub | 8 | 17% |
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 Yaqub is most popular
Babies named Yaqub per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Yaqub by decade
Boy names about as popular as Yaqub
Questions
- Is Yaqub a boy or girl name?
- Yaqub is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Yaqub were boys.
- How popular is the name Yaqub?
- 39 baby boys were named Yaqub in the US in 2025, making it the 3088th most popular boy name.
- When was Yaqub most popular?
- Yaqub peaked in 2019, when 51 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,555 in 2019.
- How many people are named Yaqub?
- 642 babies have been named Yaqub in the US since 1880. We estimate about 638 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Yaqub most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Yaqub was most common in Minnesota, at 0.1 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.