Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Jocob.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1975
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See the 32 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 4 |
| 1976 | 4 |
| 1977 | 4 |
| 1978 | 7 |
| 1979 | 6 |
| 1980 | 5 |
| 1981 | 4 |
| 1982 | 9 |
| 1983 | 8 |
| 1984 | 7 |
| 1985 | 9 |
| 1986 | 8 |
| 1987 | 11 |
| 1988 | 7 |
| 1989 | 9 |
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 7 |
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1994 | 6 |
| 1995 | 4 |
| 1997 | 5 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 1999 | 8 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 2001 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Jocob isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Jocob
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2009
- 5
- Rank in 2009
- #12,491
- How rare
- 1 in 396,714 boys
- Since 1975
- 341
Jocob was last recorded in 2009. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.
Most popular in 1987, at 11 per million boys born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jocob doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.