Boys' name · since 1988
Jachob
Jachob has 146 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,924 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jachob is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 146 have been recorded since 1988.
Jachob has 146 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2008.
- #14,924 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 146 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jachob ranks #14,924 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,924 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jachob's 146 recorded births place it above 67.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jachob's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jachob splits its recorded history at 2001: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jachob popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2008
- Peak year (2000)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Jachob by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (87 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Jachob's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Jachob births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jachob: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~20 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, 1988–2008 (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 Jachob 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.