Baby name

Jakob

Boy

Short-lived name

Jakob peaked in 2001, when 1 baby in 1,707 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 91%, to about 205 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 1370. 46% of all babies named Jakob since 1880 were born in the 2000s.

31,959births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 172rank at its peak, in 2001

Where babies named Jakob are born

2001

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The darker the blue, the more common Jakob is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Jakob is most common in Oregon (1.7 times), Washington (1.6) and Idaho (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Jacob 988,227
Jakobe 4,883
Jakub 3,067
Jakobi 2,650
Jakoby 1,703
Jakeb 1,170

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