Jacobo
Jacobo was given to 77 boys in 2025, #1,982 among boys’ names; 3,486 Americans have been recorded with it since 1910 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,170 Americans named Jacobo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 10 and 32.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jacobo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jacobo mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Jacobo is “a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James”
Borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Compare Santiago, Yago, Jaime; not related to Diego.
/xaˈkobo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jacobo?
#1,982 among boys’ names, 2025
Jacobo rose from #2,075 in 2015 to #1,982 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 35.5 to 45.1 per million.
109 babies in 2023, the peak
Jacobo peaked in 2023, when 109 boys were given it, #1,596 among boys’ names. The 77 births of 2025 are 71% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #1,982 | 45.1 |
| 2024 | 95 | #1,743 | 55.1 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,596 | 63.7 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,644 | 60.1 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,085 | 40.0 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,662 | 55.6 |
| 2019 | 93 | #1,704 | 51.8 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,057 | 38.5 |
| 2017 | 72 | #1,984 | 38.9 |
| 2016 | 78 | #1,893 | 41.1 |
Every recorded year (103)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 68 | #2,075 | 35.5 |
| 2014 | 84 | #1,785 | 43.7 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,741 | 44.4 |
| 2012 | 76 | #1,899 | 40.1 |
| 2011 | 79 | #1,814 | 41.6 |
| 2010 | 98 | #1,603 | 51.1 |
| 2009 | 83 | #1,800 | 41.8 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,646 | 46.1 |
| 2007 | 90 | #1,688 | 43.4 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,045 | 31.6 |
| 2005 | 82 | #1,652 | 41.1 |
| 2004 | 69 | #1,806 | 34.8 |
| 2003 | 86 | #1,502 | 43.5 |
| 2002 | 68 | #1,710 | 35.0 |
| 2001 | 76 | #1,575 | 39.1 |
| 2000 | 69 | #1,668 | 35.1 |
| 1999 | 65 | #1,643 | 33.9 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,967 | 25.6 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,865 | 26.5 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,964 | 23.8 |
| 1995 | 54 | #1,664 | 28.4 |
| 1994 | 54 | #1,673 | 27.9 |
| 1993 | 54 | #1,643 | 27.5 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,227 | 17.0 |
| 1991 | 45 | #1,772 | 22.3 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,022 | 18.0 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,120 | 16.5 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,774 | 20.4 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,499 | 11.8 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,889 | 17.4 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,457 | 11.4 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,562 | 21.6 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,524 | 10.6 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,913 | 16.0 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,645 | 20.1 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,983 | 15.7 |
| 1979 | 30 | #1,846 | 17.4 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,847 | 9.1 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,094 | 14.0 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,137 | 14.0 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,246 | 12.8 |
| 1974 | 22 | #2,018 | 14.0 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,262 | 11.5 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,047 | 6.8 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,782 | 4.5 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,156 | 5.4 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,427 | 4.5 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,985 | 5.2 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,732 | 3.4 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,701 | 3.4 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,881 | 4.8 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,800 | 3.0 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,463 | 3.4 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,433 | 5.8 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,988 | 4.2 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,832 | 2.8 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,724 | 4.7 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,203 | 2.4 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,909 | 4.2 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,427 | 5.7 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,055 | 3.9 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,611 | 5.1 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,536 | 3.1 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,754 | 4.8 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,373 | 6.1 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,697 | 5.1 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,885 | 4.6 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,529 | 3.3 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,336 | 3.7 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,984 | 5.1 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,336 | 7.7 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,401 | 8.6 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,971 | 6.3 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,336 | 5.4 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,342 | 5.8 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,839 | 7.7 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,896 | 5.0 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,250 | 11.5 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,264 | 4.6 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,262 | 4.6 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,022 | 8.0 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,870 | 16.2 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,945 | 5.4 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,665 | 6.2 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,520 | 10.9 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,561 | 11.0 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,429 | 11.8 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,990 | 9.2 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,385 | 7.6 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,093 | 5.9 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,078 | 9.2 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,414 | 14.0 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,367 | 36.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jacobo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jacobo has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 103 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jacobo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jacobo, and how old are they?
3,170 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 3,486 Americans ever recorded as Jacobo. The median Jacobo alive today is 19 years old; half are between 10 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 4,854 people named Jacobo (17 women and girls, 4,837 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,698 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 16 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 99 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 220 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 565 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,180 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,090 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jacobo born?
The states with the most babies named Jacobo are Texas, Florida and California, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 20 | #1,116 | 2.8× |
| Florida | 12 | #1,087 | 1.6× |
| California | 9 | #1,744 | 1.7× |
Where Jacobo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jacobo is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jacobo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 30,765 babies since 1880, Jacobo is the fourth most given (11% of them). In 2025 it was given to 77 of their 521 babies (15%), again the fourth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jacobo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jacobo and names like it
- Compare Jacobo and JacobyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sJacobo peaked in 2023.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jacobo since 1910.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Jacobo.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Jacobo alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with JMost given first.