NameTides

Yaqub

Yaqub was the #3,089 boys' name in the US in 2025 (39 babies), and #349 in England & Wales and #1,718 in Canada.

Yaqub as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yaqub 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Yaqub 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#3,089 (39)#349 (121)#1,718 (12)
2024#2,958 (42)#336 (130)#2,062 (9)
2023#3,005 (41)#377 (108)—
2022#2,793 (46)#342 (126)#1,415 (14)
2021#3,427 (33)#392 (111)#1,478 (13)
2020#3,653 (29)#456 (86)#1,838 (9)
2019#2,556 (51)#414 (102)#1,737 (10)
2018#2,994 (39)#446 (92)#1,219 (16)
2017#3,071 (38)#454 (91)#1,349 (14)
2016#3,883 (27)#521 (75)#2,428 (6)
2015#3,513 (31)#526 (73)#1,577 (11)
2014#4,392 (22)#495 (79)#2,371 (6)
2013#5,171 (17)#546 (66)—
2012#3,625 (29)#640 (54)#2,368 (6)
2011#4,983 (18)#626 (54)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #2,556.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 43,000 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 43,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yaqub is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 40,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 31,000 to 1 in 50,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yaqub 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,687CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Yaqub (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
Ontario2024#1,5176

Yaqub (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
YaqubCanadaBoys#1,71812
YaqubEngland & WalesBoys#349121
Ya'QubEngland & WalesBoys—too few
YaqubNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YaqubUSBoys#3,08939