Yacoub
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ya-KOOB
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Yacoub is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Yacoub mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Jacob, in a French-style spelling
“supplanter”
A spelling of Yaqub, the Arabic form of Jacob; the prophet Yaqub, father of Yusuf, is honoured in the Quran.
Is Yacoub a girl's or a boy's name?
Yacoub is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yacoub in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yacoub in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yacoub in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Yacoub in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Yacoub, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Yacoub in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were given Yacoub or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,688, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Yacoub in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Yacoub
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Yusuf Yaqub Eesa Yahya Ayyub Ibrahim Zakariya Yunus Muhammad Zayan Ilyas
Other spellings of Yacoub
Names related to Yacoub
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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Yacoub: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yacoub, updated 20 October 2026.