Jacoby — #1321 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jacoby

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,035 babies named Jacoby between 1959 and 2024, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jacoby currently holds the #1321 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 691 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacoby performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jacoby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,440 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jacoby in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jacoby 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 11,035 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.