Yaqoub
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ya-KOOB
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Yaqoub is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Yaqoub mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yaqub, the Arabic form of Jacob
“supplanter”
A spelling of Yaqub, the Arabic form of Jacob, honoured in the Quran as a prophet.
Is Yaqoub a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaqoub is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yaqoub in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Yaqoub, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yaqoub in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 boys in the UK were given Yaqoub or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #344, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Yaqoub in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
How popular is Yaqoub in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Yaqoub, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Yaqoub in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were given Yaqoub or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,688, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Yaqoub in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
Names like Yaqoub
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Ayyub Yusuf Zayaan Zayan Zayd Mustafa Zakariya Abdullah Yahya
Other spellings of Yaqoub
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, “Yaqoub: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yaqoub, updated 20 October 2026.