Jakoby
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-KOH-bee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Jakoby is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Jakoby mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jakobi, itself a spelling of Jacobi, a surname form of Jacob
“supplanter; holder of the heel”
Meaning borrowed from Jakobi.
Is Jakoby a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakoby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakoby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,948th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Jakoby, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 118 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jakoby than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Jakoby in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 455 boys in the US were given Jakoby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #593, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
Jakoby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,264 |
| 2018 | 118 | #1,465 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 63 | #2,167 |
| 2015 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | 81 | #1,828 |
| 2013 | 101 | #1,557 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,922 |
| 2011 | 92 | #1,644 |
| 2010 | 87 | #1,738 |
| 2009 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2008 | 103 | #1,553 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
Names like Jakoby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Josiah, Jaziel, Mateo, Eliel, Judah, Malachi, Elijah, Jordy, Jesiah, Adriel, Johan, Jonah
Other spellings of Jakoby
Names related to Jakoby
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Elsie
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, “Jakoby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakoby, updated 20 October 2026.