NameTides

Jacob

Jacob was the #43 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6,152 babies), and #41 in England & Wales and #19 in Canada.

Jacob as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Jacob as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Jacob as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#43 (6,152)#41 (1,258)#45 (98)#27 (61)#62 (88)#19 (886)#42 (157)#76 (96)
2024#40 (6,541)#30 (1,484)#27 (141)#13 (89)#64 (89)#19 (879)#34 (171)#83 (95)
2023#35 (7,015)#24 (1,655)#37 (118)#23 (67)#60 (103)#12 (1,089)#30 (196)#76 (87)
2022#32 (7,667)#22 (1,892)#27 (147)#19 (79)#48 (131)#12 (1,119)#36 (187)#49 (119)
2021#24 (8,494)#17 (2,319)#24 (176)#16 (92)#49 (137)#11 (1,318)#37 (224)#57 (120)
2020#15 (9,309)#19 (2,327)#20 (186)#13 (101)#37 (151)#9 (1,276)#17 (293)#48 (134)
2019#12 (10,797)#11 (3,065)#20 (203)#7 (145)#38 (163)#9 (1,427)#23 (261)#40 (172)
2018#13 (11,897)#11 (3,350)#14 (251)#5 (154)#41 (180)#6 (1,633)#18 (288)#39 (151)
2017#9 (13,269)#6 (3,968)#13 (258)#5 (180)#41 (175)#6 (1,745)#18 (289)#33 (183)
2016#7 (14,559)#5 (4,485)#11 (287)#7 (173)#37 (195)#5 (1,830)#14 (358)#28 (186)
2015#4 (16,005)#5 (4,850)#11 (277)#12 (135)#49 (159)#4 (1,908)#10 (382)#31 (169)
2014#4 (16,923)#4 (5,050)#19 (256)#9 (148)#49 (170)#3 (1,983)#12 (392)#25 (204)
2013#2 (18,201)#4 (5,126)#18 (249)#8 (160)#53 (158)#3 (1,995)#12 (434)#24 (225)
2012#1 (19,110)#5 (5,286)#35 (216)#12 (152)#64 (140)#2 (2,222)#11 (471)#20 (261)
2011#1 (20,403)#7 (5,047)#36 (203)#22 (111)#64 (131)#1 (2,278)#12 (478)#21 (230)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #2.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 280 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 280common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 220common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 200common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 140very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 270common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 180very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Jacob is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 290 to 1 in 310.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jacob by state, 2025Alaska: #27AKMaine: #101MEWisconsin: #83WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #99NHWashington: #45WAIdaho: #52IDMontana: #149MTNorth Dakota: #93NDMinnesota: #75MNIllinois: #59ILMichigan: #64MINew York: #9NYMassachusetts: #38MAOregon: #106ORNevada: #38NVWyoming: #16WYSouth Dakota: #94SDIowa: #113IAIndiana: #60INOhio: #59OHPennsylvania: #40PANew Jersey: #15NJConnecticut: #31CTRhode Island: #22RICalifornia: #41CAUtah: #67UTColorado: #82CONebraska: #78NEMissouri: #55MOKentucky: #77KYWest Virginia: #94WVVirginia: #40VAMaryland: #29MDDelaware: #29DEArizona: #73AZNew Mexico: #99NMKansas: #101KSArkansas: #99ARTennessee: #60TNNorth Carolina: #60NCSouth Carolina: #52SCDistrict of Columbia: #22DCOklahoma: #65OKLouisiana: #73LAMississippi: #86MSAlabama: #56ALGeorgia: #67GAHawaii: #63HITexas: #36TXFlorida: #29FL
Jacob (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#12362
Ontario2024#23302

Jacob (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JacobCanadaGirls—too few
JacobCanadaBoys#19886
JacobEngland & WalesBoys#411,258
JacobIrelandBoys#6288
JacobNorthern IrelandBoys#2761
JacobNSWBoys#42157
JacobScotlandBoys#4598
JacobUSGirls—too few
JacobUSBoys#436,152
JacobVICBoys#7696