Yaqub
Boy · ya-KOOB · Hebrew
Yaqub is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 386th for boys in the UK (121 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Yaqub mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Jacob
“supplanter”
The Arabic form of Jacob; the prophet Yaqub, father of Yusuf, is honoured in the Quran.
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Is Yaqub a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaqub is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 121 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yaqub in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #386among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 121about 1 in 2,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 121 boys in the UK were named Yaqub, making it the 386th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 488th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 130 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yaqub in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 boys in the UK were given Yaqub or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #344, up from #386 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 349th in England and Wales.
Yaqub in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | #386 |
| 2024 | 130 | #371 |
| 2023 | 110 | #412 |
| 2022 | 126 | #374 |
| 2021 | 113 | #423 |
| 2020 | 88 | #488 |
| 2019 | 102 | #449 |
| 2018 | 92 | #487 |
| 2017 | 91 | #499 |
| 2016 | 76 | #564 |
| 2015 | 75 | #568 |
| 2014 | 80 | #539 |
| 2013 | 67 | #591 |
| 2012 | 55 | #688 |
| 2011 | 54 | #683 |
| 2010 | 43 | #771 |
| 2009 | 41 | #782 |
| 2008 | 29 | #997 |
| 2007 | 34 | #858 |
| 2006 | 27 | #959 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
How popular is Yaqub in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,088among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Yaqub, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Yaqub in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were given Yaqub or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,688, up from #3,088 for this spelling alone.
Yaqub in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
Names like Yaqub
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ayyub Zayan Zayaan Muhammad Ibrahim Zayd Zakariya Hamza Eesa Umar Abdullah
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