Jakub

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Jakub is a masculine given name. It is the Polish, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak and Bosnian form of the name Jacob. In Polish and Czech, the diminutive form of Jakub is Kuba. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jakub is an uncommon name used primarily by Bosniaks.

From Wikipedia

Jakub first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2010 with 501 babies (rank #124 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jakub

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

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,596

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

501

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Jakub

Jakub Kiwiorassociation football player · b. 2000
Jakub Janktoassociation football player · b. 1996
Jakub Moderassociation football player · b. 1999
Jakub Słowikassociation football player · b. 1991
Jakub Vadlejchjavelin thrower · b. 1990

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	4	#2,571
1997	7	#1,651
1998	3	#3,291
1999	8	#1,574
2000	12	#1,199
2001	12	#1,241
2002	18	#965
2003	24	#841
2004	37	#661
2005	77	#394
2006	152	#250
2007	335	#159
2008	436	#131
2009	483	#123
2010	501	#124
2011	490	#134
2012	472	#130
2013	380	#152
2014	397	#143
2015	375	#151
2016	373	#159