How Many People Are Named Yakub?
people named Yakub are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,778,738 people in the US has this name
Based on 124 babies named Yakub in Social Security records from 2004 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
11 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of YAQUB.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yakub in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yakub alive today is about 9 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yakub first appears in the records in 2004 and was given most often in 2015, to 11 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2004 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yakub has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #7,470, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #9,669.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,669 |
| Best rank | #7,470 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,683 in the 2010s |
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