How rare is the name Yakov?

4,358 people in the United States have the first name Yakov, about 1 in 69,305. It ranks #4,336 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YAKOV

#4,336

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,358
About
1 in 69,305
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,358 people named Yakov, 97.6% reported their origin as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yakov peaked in 2024, when 172 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
172
In 2025*
153 ▼11%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,353 babies have been given the name since 1953. 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.

Yakov by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,844. The largest share of babies named Yakov, 47.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#11,06318
1960s#12,55718
1970s#8,54395
1980s#6,293205
1990s#5,015395
2000s#4,201721
2010s#3,3931,074
2020s#2,844827
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–9613.2%
Generation Z 1997–1234.5%
2013 and later47.8%

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.

Either side of Yakov

#4,334 Cheryle · 4,361#4,335 Brain · 4,359#4,337 Kwame · 4,356#4,337 Stefano · 4,356

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yakov, most common first.

#4,428 Yaakov · 4,229#40,182 Yacov · 186#40,711 Yakob · 182

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