Boys' name · since 1974
Jacobe
Jacobe has 1,300 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,351 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,093 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,300
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jacobe is the #9093 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 1,300 recorded since 1974.
Jacobe has 1,300 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9093 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of boys, 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 1974 to 2025.
- #4,351 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,093 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,300 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacobe ranks #4,351 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,093 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,300 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,351 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,093 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,300
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jacobe's 1,300 recorded births place it above 90.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jacobe compares
1,300 Top 28% higher than 72% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jacobe's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jacobe | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,300 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jacobe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jacobe's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 59, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jacobe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Jacobe by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (505 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Jacobe's strongest decade.
505 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jacobe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s 127
1980s
127 births
- 1990s
1990s
314 births
- 2000s
2000s
505 births
- 2010s
2010s
252 births
- 2020s 62
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 505 births (39% of all-time use).
How Jacobe compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jacobe's total volume
Jacobe by state
Where Jacobe concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 150 | 11.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 33 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 21 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 18 | 1.4% |
| #5 | California | | 18 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 6 | 0.5% |
150 of 1,300 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Jacobe appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jacobe's data
- Jacobe's decade-level peak was the 2000s (505 total births); usage has since declined to 62 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jacobes (150 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jacobe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Jacobe 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.