Jakob
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; a form of jacob.
How Jakob has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #525 |
| 2016 | #581 |
| 2017 | #639 |
| 2018 | #703 |
| 2019 | #759 |
| 2020 | #884 |
| 2021 | #850 |
| 2022 | #988 |
Jakob by the numbers
In 2025, 26 babies in England and Wales were named Jakob. In the US, 400 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 2,192 babies in 2001, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jakob. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 in the US (2017)
- Jakobehe who supplants; variant of Jacob147 in the US (2017)
- Jakobisupplanter; a form of Jacob113 in the US (2017)
- Jakubsupplanter; polish form of Jacob68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jakobysupplanter; a form of jacob or james58 in the US (2017)
- Jaykobsupplanter; a modern spelling of Jacob30 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jakob
Names that are said the same way as Jakob, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Jakob, 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 Jakob
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