Boys' name · since 1993
Jaecob
Jaecob has 141 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,173 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 141
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaecob is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 141 have been recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaecob has been recorded 141 times among boys since 1993, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2021.
- #15,173 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 141 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaecob ranks #15,173 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 141 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,173 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 141
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaecob's 141 recorded births place it above 66.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaecob's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaecob's full recorded timeline at 2009, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaecob popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2021
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Jaecob by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (58 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Jaecob's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Jaecob births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 58 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Jaecob's decade-level peak was the 2010s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaecob: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1993–2021 (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 Jaecob 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.