Jacobo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ha-KOH-boh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,976 for boys
Jacobo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 1,976th for boys in the US (77 babies).
What does Jacobo mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Jacob
“supplanter; holder of the heel”
The Spanish form of Jacob, the biblical patriarch whose twelve sons gave their names to the tribes of Israel.
Is Jacobo a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacobo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 77 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacobo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,976among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were named Jacobo, making it the 1,976th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,655th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 109 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the boys named Jacobo in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacobo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #1,976 |
| 2024 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,591 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,642 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,078 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2019 | 93 | #1,698 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,045 |
| 2017 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2016 | 78 | #1,890 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 84 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,732 |
| 2012 | 76 | #1,890 |
| 2011 | 79 | #1,811 |
| 2010 | 98 | #1,599 |
| 2009 | 83 | #1,796 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,639 |
| 2007 | 90 | #1,681 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,036 |
| 2005 | 82 | #1,646 |
| 2004 | 69 | #1,801 |
| 2003 | 86 | #1,494 |
| 2002 | 68 | #1,705 |
| 2001 | 76 | #1,568 |
| 2000 | 69 | #1,662 |
| 1999 | 65 | #1,639 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,954 |
| 1995 | 54 | #1,661 |
| 1994 | 54 | #1,659 |
| 1993 | 54 | #1,633 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 45 | #1,762 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,763 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,871 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,555 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,889 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
Names like Jacobo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Josiah Mateo Joshua Santino Jonah Jeremiah Judah Camilo Elijah Isaiah Maximo Diego
Names related to Jacobo
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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, “Jacobo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jacobo, updated 20 October 2026.