first name
JAKOB
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,371 people named Jakob, 77.5% reported their origin as White, 13.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jakob peaked in 2001, when 2,192 babies got the name.
At least 31,959 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jakob by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #457. The largest share of babies named Jakob, 70%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jakob is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jakob has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Oregon (2×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.34×).
29,897 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jakob
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jakob, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jakob ranks #28,606 of 156,621, with 886 people. See Jakob as a last name
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