Jacobb — boys' name
245 babies named Jacobb in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Jacobb was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Jacobb in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jacobb
The Social Security Administration has registered 245 babies named Jacobb between 1987 and 2012, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jacobb currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacobb performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jacobb shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jacobb in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jacobb 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 245 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.
Jacobb at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jacobb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1987
- Peak year (1995)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
245 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 18 births in a single year.
Jacobb by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 118 births that decade — 48% of Jacobb's all-time total
Jacobb decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jacobb's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Jacobb by state
Where Jacobb concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.4% |
6 of 245 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.