Jacobi
Boy · ja-KOH-bee · Hebrew
Jacobi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 2,304th for boys in the US (60 babies).
What does Jacobi mean?
Hebrew: surname form of Jacob, from Latin Jacobi 'of Jacob'
“supplanter; holder of the heel”
Carl Jacobi was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his work on elliptic functions.
- Say it
- ja-KOH-bee
Is Jacobi a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacobi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacobi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jacobi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacobi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Jacobi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,304among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 60 boys in the US were named Jacobi, making it the 2,304th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,415th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 189 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer boys named Jacobi than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Jacobi in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 455 boys in the US were given Jacobi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #593, up from #2,304 for this spelling alone.
In 2022, 6% of the babies named Jacobi in the US were girls.
Jacobi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,304 |
| 2024 | 90 | #1,809 |
| 2023 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2022 | 87 | #1,839 |
| 2021 | 117 | #1,514 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,415 |
| 2019 | 122 | #1,432 |
| 2018 | 132 | #1,352 |
| 2017 | 122 | #1,421 |
| 2016 | 140 | #1,295 |
| 2015 | 136 | #1,304 |
| 2014 | 148 | #1,229 |
| 2013 | 144 | #1,235 |
| 2012 | 143 | #1,237 |
| 2011 | 163 | #1,118 |
| 2010 | 170 | #1,115 |
| 2009 | 184 | #1,039 |
| 2008 | 189 | #1,014 |
| 2007 | 148 | #1,188 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,322 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,430 |
| 2004 | 108 | #1,347 |
| 2003 | 121 | #1,209 |
| 2002 | 125 | #1,138 |
| 2001 | 107 | #1,239 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,350 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,392 |
| 1998 | 89 | #1,335 |
| 1997 | 64 | #1,577 |
| 1996 | 59 | #1,635 |
| 1995 | 52 | #1,701 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,817 |
| 1993 | 54 | #1,633 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,158 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,889 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
Names like Jacobi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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