Jacob

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English
Jacob first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2012 with 5,286 babies (rank #5 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,484 boys (rank #30). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jacob

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jacob yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

93,754
Total babies (all years)
29
Years in the data
5,286
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19962,249#35
19972,590#29
19982,686#27
19992,746#28
20002,536#28
20012,595#28
20022,537#30
20032,903#27
20042,954#23
20053,057#21
20063,193#22
20073,155#20
20083,127#20
20093,214#18
20104,308#12
20115,047#7
20125,286#5
20135,126#4
20145,050#4
20154,850#5
20164,485#5
20173,968#6
20183,350#11
20193,065#11
20202,327#19
20212,319#17
20221,892#22
20231,655#24
20241,484#30