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Jacob name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Jacob ranks #43 in male records (6,152 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Is Jacob becoming more popular?

Jacob's reported male count decreased by 389 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #40 to #43. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for Jacob. That is not a count of zero.

Jacob in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for JacobFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.14,5590201620252016: 16 female records2017: 16 female records2018: 9 female records2019: 8 female records2020: 9 female records2021: 8 female records2022: 10 female records2023: 6 female records2024: 9 female records2016: 14,559 male records2017: 13,269 male records2018: 11,897 male records2019: 10,797 male records2020: 9,309 male records2021: 8,494 male records2022: 7,667 male records2023: 7,015 male records2024: 6,541 male records2025: 6,152 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025——6,15243
2024910,6126,54140
2023614,1307,01535
2022109,9927,66732
2021811,5378,49424
2020910,6089,30915
2019811,79710,79712
2018910,90711,89713
2017167,22513,2699
2016167,39014,5597

Questions about Jacob’s popularity

How common is Jacob in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Jacob ranks #43 in male records (6,152 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Jacob?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Jacob only.

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Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Jacob creates a match.

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