Jacolby
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- juh-KOHL-bee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Jacolby is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
Where does Jacolby come from?
Modern: Ja- prefix combined with Colby
Is Jacolby a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacolby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacolby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Jacolby, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1992, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Jacolby in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacolby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 46 | #2,415 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 57 | #1,939 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,837 |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,940 |
| 1999 | 68 | #1,590 |
| 1998 | 48 | #1,984 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,021 |
| 1996 | 44 | #1,982 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 50 | #1,748 |
| 1993 | 64 | #1,455 |
| 1992 | 81 | #1,251 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,761 |
| 1988 | 41 | #1,701 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,826 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Jacolby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jeremy, Josiah, Jaylen, Avery, Zachary, Jackson, Elijah, Isaiah, Joshua, Jameson, Jamari, Jayden
Names related to Jacolby
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Jacolby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jacolby, updated 20 October 2026.