Yakub
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ya-KOOB
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Yakub is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Yakub mean?
Hebrew: form of Jacob, via Arabic Yaqub
“supplanter”
A form of Jacob used in Turkish, Urdu and other languages, from the Arabic Yaqub.
Is Yakub a girl's or a boy's name?
Yakub is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yakub in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Yakub, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Yakub than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Yakub in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 boys in the UK were given Yakub or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #344, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Yakub in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Yakub in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Yakub, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Yakub in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were given Yakub or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,688, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Yakub in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Yakub
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Musa Yunus Ayyub Eesa Yahya Zayan Zakariya Zayaan Ibrahim Muhammad Arham
Other spellings of Yakub
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, “Yakub: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yakub, updated 20 October 2026.