Jacolby

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jacolby by the numbers

Jacolby was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 81 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Jacolby

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jacolby. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jacobysupplanter; a form of Jacob297 in the US (2017)
  • Jakolby7 in the US (2017)
  • 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)

Names about as common as Jacolby

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