The first name Jakob

In 2025, 26 boys were named Jakob, making it the 1,124th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2013, with 105 births (#388).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Jakob with other names.

In 2025, 135 boys born in the United States were named Jakob, the 1,372nd most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2001, when 2,192 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Jakob Böhme
  German Christian mystic and theologian (1575-1624)
• Jakob Fugger
  German merchant (1459-1526)
• Jakob Hurt
  Estonian ethnologist, folklorist and linguist (1839-1907)
• Jakob Poulsen
  Danish association football player, born 1983
• Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart
  German biologist (1742-1795)
• Jakob Jantscher
  Association football player, born 1989
• Jakob Fuglsang
  Danish road racing cyclist, born 1985
• Johann Jakob Froberger
  German composer and keyboardist, 1616–1667
• Jakob von Uexküll
  Baltic German biologist, zoologist, and philosopher (1864-1944)
• Jakob Nielsen
  Danish web usability consultant, born 1957
• Jakob Pöltl
  Austrian basketball player (born 1995)
• Jakob Prandtauer
  Austrian architect (1660-1726)

How popular is the name Jakob?

In 2025, 26 boys born in England and Wales were named Jakob, ranking 1,124th. Its peak was 2013, with 105 births.

Is Jakob a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 31,959 US babies named Jakob since 1880 were boys.

When was Jakob most popular?

2001 in the United States, when 2,192 babies were named Jakob, its highest rank at 172nd.