Boys' name · since 1990
Jacab
10 babies named Jacab in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,893 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jacab sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 10 recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Jacab recorded 10 times among boys since 1990, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 1996.
- #34,893 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 10 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacab ranks #34,893 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,893 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jacab's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jacab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jacab's full recorded timeline at 1996, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births.
Jacab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1996
- Peak year (1990)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Jacab by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Jacab's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Jacab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jacab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~6 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jacab draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.