Jocabed
Girl · ho-ka-BED · Hebrew
Jocabed is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is glory”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Jocabed mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Jochebed
“God is glory”
In the Bible, Jochebed is the mother of Moses, Aaron and Miriam.
- Say it
- ho-ka-BED
Is Jocabed a girl's or a boy's name?
Jocabed is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jocabed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Jocabed, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had more girls named Jocabed than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Jocabed in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jocabed in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
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