Jacoba — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jacoba

The Social Security Administration has registered 296 babies named Jacoba between 1900 and 2023, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jacoba currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacoba performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jacoba shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jacoba in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 296 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.