Jacob
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter, holder of the heel.
How Jacob has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #4 |
| 2016 | #7 |
| 2017 | #9 |
| 2018 | #13 |
| 2019 | #13 |
| 2020 | #15 |
| 2021 | #24 |
| 2022 | #32 |
| 2023 | #36 |
| 2024 | #41 |
| 2025 | #43 |
Jacob by the numbers
In 2025, 1,258 babies in England and Wales were named Jacob. In the US, 13,122 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 36,014 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 61 American boys born that year was called Jacob.
Names that come from Jacob
Forms of Jacob in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Yaakovheel holder, supplanter; Hebrew form of Jacob181 in the US (2017)
- Jacquelynsupplanter; a feminine form of Jacob164 in the US (2017)
- Jaclynsupplanter; a feminine form of Jacob149 in the US (2017)
- Yaqubsupplanter; arabic form of Jacob121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cobysupplanter; a form of Jacob114 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jakobisupplanter; a form of Jacob113 in the US (2017)
- Yakovsupplanter; Russian form of Jacob105 in the US (2017)
- Kobysupplanter; a form of Jacob or Jacoby60 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jacob. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jakobsupplanter; a form of jacob400 in the US (2017)
- Jacobysupplanter; a form of Jacob297 in the US (2017)
- Jaycobsupplanter; a modern spelling of Jacob140 in the US (2017)
- Jacobisupplanter; a form of Jacob120 in the US (2017)
- Jacobohe who supplants; Spanish form of Jacob72 in the US (2017)
- Jacobesupplanter; a form of Jacob15 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jacob
Names that are said the same way as Jacob, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jakobehe who supplants; variant of Jacob147 in the US (2017)
- Jakubsupplanter; polish form of Jacob68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jaykobsupplanter; a modern spelling of Jacob30 in the US (2017)
- Jackobheel-grabber; a form of jacob7 in the US (2017)
- Jaicobsupplanter; a form of Jacob6 in the US (2017)
- Jakebsupplanter; a form of Jacob5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Jacob, each of these has a supplanter in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
- Jamesonson of James; supplanter3,979 in the US (2017)
- Diegosupplanter; a form of James3,095 in the US (2017)
- Jaycehe supplants; a modern respelling of James2,951 in the US (2017)
- Jakesupplanter; a form of Jacob1,491 in the US (2017)
- Jamiehe supplants; form of james195 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Jacob
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