Jakub
Boy · YAH-koob · Hebrew
Jakub is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 573rd for boys in the UK (74 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Jakub mean?
Hebrew: Polish and Czech form of Jacob
“heel-holder, supplanter”
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Is Jakub a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakub is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakub in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #573among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 4,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 74 boys in the UK were named Jakub, making it the 573rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 243rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 562 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jakub than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Jakub in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 573rd in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Jakub in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #573 |
| 2024 | 82 | #532 |
| 2023 | 109 | #415 |
| 2022 | 151 | #335 |
| 2021 | 181 | #288 |
| 2020 | 226 | #243 |
| 2019 | 258 | #228 |
| 2018 | 363 | #173 |
| 2017 | 430 | #156 |
| 2016 | 416 | #163 |
| 2015 | 418 | #158 |
| 2014 | 463 | #147 |
| 2013 | 448 | #147 |
| 2012 | 520 | #134 |
| 2011 | 555 | #130 |
| 2010 | 562 | #125 |
| 2009 | 547 | #123 |
| 2008 | 496 | #132 |
| 2007 | 383 | #157 |
| 2006 | 162 | #260 |
| 2005 | 79 | #415 |
| 2004 | 38 | #696 |
| 2003 | 26 | #862 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Jakub in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Jakub, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,657th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 184 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had fewer boys named Jakub than any year since 1993.
Half of all the boys named Jakub in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakub in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 55 | #2,438 |
| 2020 | 47 | #2,657 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,281 |
| 2017 | 76 | #1,897 |
| 2016 | 79 | #1,875 |
| 2015 | 92 | #1,691 |
| 2014 | 95 | #1,627 |
| 2013 | 97 | #1,588 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,514 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,510 |
| 2010 | 147 | #1,209 |
| 2009 | 145 | #1,232 |
| 2008 | 184 | #1,031 |
| 2007 | 174 | #1,070 |
| 2006 | 168 | #1,067 |
| 2005 | 136 | #1,169 |
| 2004 | 151 | #1,060 |
| 2003 | 122 | #1,204 |
| 2002 | 125 | #1,138 |
| 2001 | 121 | #1,141 |
| 2000 | 77 | #1,548 |
| 1999 | 73 | #1,528 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,344 |
| 1997 | 67 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,836 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,298 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Jakub
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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