Jacobe
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- juh-KOHB
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Jacobe is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Jacobe mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jacob
“holder of the heel”
Variant of Jacob, the Hebrew patriarch whose twelve sons founded the tribes of Israel.
Is Jacobe a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacobe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacobe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Jacobe, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Jacobe in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacobe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,235 |
| 2006 | 54 | #2,309 |
| 2005 | 45 | #2,489 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,160 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,027 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,181 |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,940 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,137 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,037 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
Nicknames for Jacobe
Names like Jacobe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jake Jonah Jordan Jace Josue Johan Jude Caleb Noah Jesse Judah Josiah
Names related to Jacobe
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Ezra Benjamin Isaac Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jacobe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jacobe, updated 20 October 2026.