Jacoby
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; a form of Jacob.
How Jacoby has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #656 |
| 2016 | #734 |
| 2017 | #785 |
| 2018 | #840 |
| 2019 | #871 |
| 2020 | #910 |
| 2021 | #888 |
Jacoby by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Jacoby. In the US, 297 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 690 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Jacob
Like Jacoby, each of these traces back to Jacob: a form of it, a name built from it, or 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)
- Jakobehe who supplants; variant of Jacob147 in the US (2017)
- Jaycobsupplanter; a modern spelling of Jacob140 in the US (2017)
- Yaqubsupplanter; arabic form of Jacob121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cobysupplanter; a form of Jacob114 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yakovsupplanter; Russian form of Jacob105 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jacoby. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 in the US (2017)
- Jacobisupplanter; a form of Jacob120 in the US (2017)
- Jacobohe who supplants; Spanish form of Jacob72 in the US (2017)
- Jakobysupplanter; a form of jacob or james58 in the US (2017)
- Jacobesupplanter; a form of Jacob15 in the US (2017)
- Jacobeysupplanter; a form of Jacob5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jacoby
Names that are said the same way as Jacoby, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Jacoby, 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 Jacoby
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