Boys' name · since 1996
Jakobe
Jakobe has 4,883 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,464 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,883
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
4,883 babies have been named Jakobe since 1996, making it today's #1464 boys' name.
Jakobe has 4,883 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1464 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #1,798 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,464 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,883 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakobe ranks #1,798 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,464 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,883 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,464 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,883
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jakobe's 4,883 recorded births place it above 96.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jakobe compares
4,883 Top 13% higher than 87% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jakobe's all-time total is 13x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jakobe | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,883 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 273 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jakobe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jakobe splits its recorded history at 2011: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (8 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 273 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jakobe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 273
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jakobe by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,793 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Jakobe's strongest decade.
1,793 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jakobe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 172
1990s
172 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,793 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,753 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,165 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,793 births (37% of all-time use).
How Jakobe compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jakobe's total volume
Jakobe by state
Where Jakobe concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 496 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 382 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 315 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 311 | 6.4% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 245 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 236 | 4.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 227 | 4.6% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 212 | 4.3% |
496 of 4,883 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Jakobe appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jakobe's data
- Jakobe's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (1,793 total births) through the 2020s (1,165) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Jakobes (496 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jakobe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
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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, 1996–2025 (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 Jakobe 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.