How Many People Are Named Jakub?
people named Jakub are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 113,098 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,067 babies named Jakub in Social Security records from 1981 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
184 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Polish, Czech and Slovak form 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 Jakub in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jakub alive today is about 18 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jakub first appears in the records in 1981 and was given most often in 2008, to 184 babies. In 2025, 36 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1981 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jakub has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,035, in 2008. In 2025 it ranked #3,270.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,270 |
| Best rank | #1,035 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,150 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jakub alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jakub were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 937 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jakub was given 12.1 times as often in Illinois, 4.6 times in New Jersey and 3.3 times in New York.
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