Jacobs — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jacobs

The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Jacobs between 1983 and 2019, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jacobs currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacobs performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jacobs shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jacobs 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 81 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.