Jacolby — #8503 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jacolby

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,542 babies named Jacolby between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jacolby currently holds the #8503 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacolby performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 517 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jacolby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 280 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Jacolby in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jacolby 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 1,542 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.