# Jaycob (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaycob/  
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 | 4,519 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,519 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 189, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern variant of Jacob.

## 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 | 211 | 942 |
| 2012 | 236 | 888 |
| 2013 | 211 | 946 |
| 2014 | 223 | 950 |
| 2015 | 186 | 1,065 |
| 2016 | 167 | 1,151 |
| 2017 | 142 | 1,280 |
| 2018 | 166 | 1,155 |
| 2019 | 117 | 1,473 |
| 2020 | 104 | 1,569 |
| 2021 | 96 | 1,703 |
| 2022 | 82 | 1,913 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,138 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,404 |
| 2025 | 81 | 1,926 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,294 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,281 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## 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.