How Many People Are Named Jakob?
people named Jakob are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,911 people in the US has this name
Based on 31,959 babies named Jakob in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,192 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Cognate of JACOB (or JAMES).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jakob in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jakob alive today is about 22 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jakob first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 2001, to 2,192 babies. In 2025, 135 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jakob has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #172, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #1,372.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,372 |
| Best rank | #172 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #230 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jakob alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jakob were born in California than in any other state: about 3,733 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jakob was given about 1.6 times as often in Maine, Oregon and Washington.
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