# Jaap (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaap/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Dutch |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /jæp/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 64, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Jaap.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 16,289 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,863 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Jaap

- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch politician
- Jaap Stam, Dutch association football player and manager
- Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and racing cyclist (1873-1925)
- Jaap van Zweden, Dutch conductor (born 1960)
- Jaap Mol, Dutch footballer (1912-1972)
- Jaap Kraaier, Canoe racer (1913–2004)
- Jaap Kunst, Dutch ethnomusicologist (1891–1960)
- Jaap Bulder, Dutch footballer (1896-1979)
- Jaap Stockmann, Dutch field hockey player
- Jaap Schröder, Dutch musician (1925–2020)
- Jaap-Derk Buma, field hockey player
- Jaap Kersten, Dutch bicycle racer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.