Recorded 1998–2021 Boys' name Peak 2016 169 births

Jaicob — boys' name

169 babies named Jaicob in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s72000s702010s812020s11
2010s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Jaicob was born in this single decade.

2016
Single peak year

15 babies were named Jaicob in 2016 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jaicob

The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Jaicob between 1998 and 2021, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaicob currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaicob performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaicob shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jaicob in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaicob 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 169 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.

Jaicob at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

169

Since 1998

24 years of records

Peak year

2016

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1998

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2021

Jaicob popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1998

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2016)
15
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
05101520 2021201720132010200720021998 7

Jaicob by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
81 births that decade — 48% of Jaicob's all-time total
1990s72000s702010s812020s11

Jaicob by state

Where Jaicob concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jaicob
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 3.0%
California share of Jaicob's total US births 3.0%

5 of 169 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaicob?
169 babies have been named Jaicob since 1998. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2016 with 15 births.
When was Jaicob most popular?
Jaicob was most popular in the 2010s decade with 81 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
Where is Jaicob most popular?
The top states for the name Jaicob are California (5 births).
How long has the name Jaicob been used?
Jaicob has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 24 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Jaicob?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jaime, Jaiden, Jairo, Jair, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.