Jakub — #3118 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jakub

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,030 babies named Jakub between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jakub currently holds the #3118 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 184 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jakub performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,403 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jakub shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 940 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Jakub in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jakub 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 3,030 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.