Yaakov
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning heel holder, supplanter; Hebrew form of Jacob.
How Yaakov has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #995 |
| 2021 | #952 |
| 2023 | #966 |
| 2024 | #978 |
Yaakov by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Yaakov. In the US, 181 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 207 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Jacob
Like Yaakov, 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.
- Jacobysupplanter; a form of Jacob297 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)
- Jacobisupplanter; a form of Jacob120 in the US (2017)
- Cobysupplanter; a form of Jacob114 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yaakov. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Yaakov, each of these has a supplanter in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
- Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 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)
Names about as common as Yaakov
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