Jeycob
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAY-kob
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Jeycob is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Jeycob mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jacob
“holder of the heel”
In Genesis, Jacob is born grasping his twin Esau's heel and later becomes Israel, father of the twelve tribes.
Is Jeycob a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeycob is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeycob in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 353% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Jeycob, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Jeycob in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,274 boys in the US were given Jeycob or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #49, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Jeycob in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
Nicknames for Jeycob
- Jake 251 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jeycob
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaziel Thiago Jettson Aziel Eliam Ezra Kylo Axel Jaxton Atlas Judah Ares
Other spellings of Jeycob
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Benjamin Isaac Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo 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, “Jeycob: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeycob, updated 20 October 2026.