Jokubas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoh-KOO-bahs
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Jokubas is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Jokubas mean?
Hebrew: Lithuanian form of Jacob (Jokūbas)
“supplanter”
Lithuanian form of Jacob, the biblical patriarch whose twelve sons founded the tribes of Israel.
Is Jokubas a girl's or a boy's name?
Jokubas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jokubas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Jokubas, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 33 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jokubas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Jokubas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 33 | #988 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
Names like Jokubas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim, Muhammad, Musa, Zakariya, Yusuf, Abdullah, Mustafa, Eesa, Ismail, Yahya, Tobias, Zayan
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jokubas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jokubas, updated 20 October 2026.