Jakob
Boy · YAH-kob · Hebrew
Jakob is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 1,370th for boys in the US (135 babies).
What does Jakob mean?
Hebrew: German and Scandinavian form of Jacob
“heel-holder, supplanter”
Jakob Grimm and his brother Wilhelm collected the famous Grimms' fairy tales.
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- YAH-kob
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Is Jakob a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakob is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the UK and 135 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakob in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,102among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Jakob, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 793rd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 116 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jakob in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 40 boys in the UK were given Jakob or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #781, up from #1,102 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Jakob in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,102 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 34 | #986 |
| 2022 | 49 | #752 |
| 2021 | 51 | #754 |
| 2020 | 44 | #793 |
| 2019 | 57 | #675 |
| 2018 | 91 | #490 |
| 2017 | 65 | #632 |
| 2016 | 92 | #488 |
| 2015 | 103 | #444 |
| 2014 | 101 | #450 |
| 2013 | 116 | #399 |
| 2012 | 105 | #424 |
| 2011 | 87 | #476 |
| 2010 | 88 | #468 |
| 2009 | 80 | #498 |
| 2008 | 80 | #496 |
| 2007 | 80 | #472 |
| 2006 | 86 | #431 |
| 2005 | 82 | #406 |
| 2004 | 83 | #381 |
| 2003 | 91 | #338 |
| 2002 | 94 | #323 |
| 2001 | 77 | #372 |
| 2000 | 97 | #317 |
| 1999 | 64 | #390 |
| 1998 | 71 | #374 |
| 1997 | 79 | #350 |
| 1996 | 72 | #355 |
How popular is Jakob in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,370among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 135about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 135 boys in the US were named Jakob, making it the 1,370th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 882nd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 2,192 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had fewer boys named Jakob than any year since 1985.
Half of all the boys named Jakob in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakob in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #1,370 |
| 2024 | 191 | #1,119 |
| 2023 | 189 | #1,118 |
| 2022 | 227 | #991 |
| 2021 | 281 | #845 |
| 2020 | 256 | #882 |
| 2019 | 312 | #759 |
| 2018 | 344 | #703 |
| 2017 | 404 | #638 |
| 2016 | 476 | #581 |
| 2015 | 548 | #525 |
| 2014 | 645 | #458 |
| 2013 | 711 | #415 |
| 2012 | 742 | #395 |
| 2011 | 910 | #334 |
| 2010 | 1,097 | #298 |
| 2009 | 989 | #324 |
| 2008 | 1,083 | #308 |
| 2007 | 1,108 | #303 |
| 2006 | 1,158 | #293 |
| 2005 | 1,215 | #275 |
| 2004 | 1,416 | #235 |
| 2003 | 1,607 | #218 |
| 2002 | 1,836 | #203 |
| 2001 | 2,192 | #172 |
| 2000 | 2,161 | #173 |
| 1999 | 1,693 | #200 |
| 1998 | 1,784 | #191 |
| 1997 | 1,387 | #220 |
| 1996 | 611 | #382 |
| 1995 | 561 | #407 |
| 1994 | 530 | #430 |
| 1993 | 487 | #449 |
| 1992 | 436 | #482 |
| 1991 | 368 | #521 |
| 1990 | 306 | #577 |
| 1989 | 249 | #629 |
| 1988 | 179 | #699 |
| 1987 | 148 | #751 |
| 1986 | 146 | #751 |
| 1985 | 83 | #997 |
| 1984 | 84 | #967 |
| 1983 | 89 | #936 |
| 1982 | 78 | #1,023 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,014 |
| 1980 | 78 | #1,022 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,137 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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