Yakov

Boy · recorded 1953–2025

  • #1,281in 2025
  • 1 in 11,163boys in 2025
  • +51%last ten years
  • 16.2×in New York

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 51% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1953

05010019531971198920072025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 61 recorded years as a table
Yakov, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19533
19584
19592
19602
19633
19694
19705
19726
19737
19748
19753
19766
19778
19789
19798
198010
198110
19828
19837
198411
198513
198614
198713
198812
198912
199011
199118
199222
199317
199422
199518
199623
199724
199828
199920
200023
200129
200226
200331
200432
200537
200636
200744
200845
200957
201045
201157
201255
201354
201447
201559
201660
201761
201872
201964
202070
202167
202280
202372
2024100
202590

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New York 16.2×
  2. New Jersey 5.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
153
Rank in 2025
#1,281
How rare
1 in 11,163 boys
Since 1953
3,353

Most popular in 2024, at 100 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 51% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New York16.2×363
New Jersey5.6×59

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.