NameTides

Jacoby

Jacoby was the #1,425 boys' name in the US in 2025 (126 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Jacoby as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jacoby as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Jacoby as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,425 (126)#2,952 (7)#2,789 (6)
2024#1,321 (146)#2,922 (7)#2,710 (6)
2023#1,192 (169)#2,547 (8)—
2022#1,209 (164)#3,450 (5)#2,229 (7)
2021#885 (261)#2,730 (7)#1,761 (10)
2020#910 (245)#2,228 (9)#1,176 (18)
2019#868 (254)#2,728 (7)#1,737 (10)
2018#837 (266)#1,875 (12)#1,219 (16)
2017#785 (299)#2,172 (10)#2,198 (7)
2016#732 (334)#2,556 (8)#1,283 (15)
2015#656 (394)#1,786 (13)#1,122 (18)
2014#589 (468)#2,079 (10)#977 (22)
2013#485 (569)#1,796 (12)#1,252 (15)
2012#522 (503)#1,962 (11)#1,143 (17)
2011#485 (543)#2,613 (7)#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #422.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jacoby is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jacoby by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Jacoby (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JacobyCanadaBoys#2,7896
JacobyEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
JacobyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JacobyUSGirls—too few
JacobyUSBoys#1,425126