# Jacoby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jacoby/  
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 | /dʒəˈkoʊbi/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,281 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,161 / 120 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 158, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 9 | 9,024 |
| 1993 | 7 | 11,015 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,373 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,353 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,424 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,615 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13,835 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,318 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,869 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,555 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13,145 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,635 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,637 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,083 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,088 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 543 | 485 |
| 2012 | 503 | 522 |
| 2013 | 569 | 485 |
| 2014 | 468 | 589 |
| 2015 | 394 | 656 |
| 2016 | 334 | 732 |
| 2017 | 299 | 785 |
| 2018 | 266 | 838 |
| 2019 | 254 | 870 |
| 2020 | 245 | 911 |
| 2021 | 261 | 885 |
| 2022 | 164 | 1,210 |
| 2023 | 169 | 1,195 |
| 2024 | 146 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 126 | 1,430 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Jacoby

- Jacoby Shaddix, American singer, songwriter and rapper
- Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player (born 1983)
- Jacoby Jones, American football player (1984–2024)
- Jacoby Brissett, American football player (born 1992)

## 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.