Jacob · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jacob.

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 1911

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 66 recorded years as a table

Jacob, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1911	12
1917	5
1918	4
1920	4
1921	4
1924	4
1929	4
1930	6
1932	5
1937	5
1955	3
1964	3
1971	3
1972	4
1973	8
1974	14
1975	16
1976	15
1977	23
1978	27
1979	26
1980	31
1981	36
1982	41
1983	40
1984	29
1985	45
1986	45
1987	52
1988	44
1989	40
1990	31
1991	33
1992	28
1993	37
1994	28
1995	38
1996	30
1997	35
1998	34
1999	36
2000	32
2001	21
2002	23
2003	26
2004	93
2005	22
2006	19
2007	18
2008	15
2009	15
2010	16
2011	13
2012	15
2013	13
2014	7
2015	13
2016	9
2017	9
2018	5
2019	5
2020	6
2021	5
2022	6
2023	4
2024	6

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jacob 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 Jacob

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024: 9
Rank in 2024: #10,271
How rare: 1 in 180,021 girls
Since 1911: 2,305

Jacob was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2004, at 93 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jacob doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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