# Jacobus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jacobus/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 142 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 142 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | 9,755 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7,954 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,588 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,069 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,141 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,789 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,328 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,126 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,075 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,058 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,843 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,895 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,119 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,483 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,777 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Jacobus

- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)
- Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first d
- Jacobus van Egmond, Dutch racing cyclist
- Jacobus Golius, Dutch mathematician and orientalist
- Johannes Jacobus Smith, Dutch botanist (1867-1947)
- Jacobus de Kerle, Flemish composer
- Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver (1698-1780)
- Jacobus van Looy, Dutch painter and writer (1855-1930)
- Robert Jacobus Forbes, Dutch chemist and historian (1900–1973)
- Jacobus Bellamy, Dutch poet
- Frederik Jacobus Johannes Buytendijk, Dutch scientist (1887–1974)
- Jacobus Vaet, Flemish composer (1529-1567)

## 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.