first name
JAKUB
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,795 people named Jakub, 93.2% reported their origin as White, 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jakub peaked in 2008, when 184 babies got the name.
At least 3,067 babies have been given the name since 1981. 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.
Jakub by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,621. The largest share of babies named Jakub, 64.9%, 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 Jakub is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jakub has been most common in Illinois (10×), New Jersey (4.3×), and New York (2.6×), and least common in Texas (0.24×).
1,861 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 Jakub
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jakub, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jakub ranks #54,873 of 156,621, with 405 people. See Jakub as a last name
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