Jakob

Boy name

Jakob has been given to 31,959 babies in the U.S. since 1957. It peaked in 2001.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

31,959

Peak year

2001 (2,192 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1957

10-year trend

▼ -75%

Gender split

All boys

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)

Jacques Offenbach

German-born French composer (1819–1880)

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

Jakob Böhme

German Christian mystic and theologian (1575-1624)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Jakob.

32,148 babies since 1885

31,665 babies since 1903

31,624 babies since 1904

31,600 babies since 1921

31,397 babies since 1893

33,114 babies since 1880

30,730 babies since 1880

29,947 babies since 1958

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