How Many People Are Named Yaakov?
people named Yaakov are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 58,584 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,991 babies named Yaakov in Social Security records from 1948 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
237 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hebrew form of JACOB.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yaakov in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yaakov alive today is about 19 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yaakov first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 2021, to 237 babies. In 2025, 218 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yaakov has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #853, in 1986. In 2025 it ranked #1,025.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,025 |
| Best rank | #853 (1986) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,109 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yaakov alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yaakov were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,754 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yaakov was given 13.3 times as often in New Jersey, 8.8 times in New York and 2.1 times in Maryland.
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