# Jakub (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jakub/  
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 | 3,067 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,067 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,267, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 106 | 1,513 |
| 2012 | 106 | 1,518 |
| 2013 | 97 | 1,595 |
| 2014 | 95 | 1,635 |
| 2015 | 92 | 1,696 |
| 2016 | 79 | 1,883 |
| 2017 | 76 | 1,904 |
| 2018 | 59 | 2,293 |
| 2019 | 44 | 2,826 |
| 2020 | 47 | 2,672 |
| 2021 | 55 | 2,449 |
| 2022 | 49 | 2,689 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,145 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,132 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3,271 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 490 | 134 |
| 2012 | 472 | 130 |
| 2013 | 380 | 152 |
| 2014 | 397 | 141 |
| 2015 | 375 | 151 |
| 2016 | 373 | 158 |
| 2017 | 372 | 155 |
| 2018 | 329 | 169 |
| 2019 | 233 | 220 |
| 2020 | 203 | 235 |
| 2021 | 168 | 274 |
| 2022 | 130 | 333 |
| 2023 | 100 | 396 |
| 2024 | 68 | 560 |
| 2025 | 68 | 573 |

## People named Jakub

- Jakub Jankto, Czech footballer (born 1996)
- Jakub Vadlejch, Czech javelin thrower
- Jakub Brabec, Czech soccer player
- Jakub Menšík, Czech tennis player (born 2005)
- Jakub Arbes, Czech theater reviewer, publicist, bookwriter and writer
- Jakub Janda, Czech ski jumper and politician
- Jakub Deml, Czech priest and writer (1878-1961)
- Jakub Jan Ryba, Czech teacher and composer on the break of classicism and romantism
- Jakub Pešek, Czech association football player (1993-)
- Jakub Voráček, Czechia ice hockey player
- Jakub Schikaneder, Bohemian painter (1855–1924)
- Jakub Jugas, Czech association football player

## 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.