Yaqoob
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ya-KOOB
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
Yaqoob is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies).
What does Yaqoob mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Jacob
“supplanter”
Arabic form of Jacob; Yaqub is honoured as a prophet in Islam.
Is Yaqoob a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaqoob is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yaqoob in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Yaqoob, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yaqoob in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 boys in the UK were given Yaqoob or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #344, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Yaqoob in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Yaqoob
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf, Musa, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Yunus, Yahya, Ayyub, Eesa, Zakariya, Ahmed, Zayan, Abdullah
Other spellings of Yaqoob
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, “Yaqoob: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yaqoob, updated 20 October 2026.