Jaycob — #2405 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jaycob

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,437 babies named Jaycob between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaycob currently holds the #2405 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 236 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaycob performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,892 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jaycob shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 861 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaycob in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaycob 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 4,437 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.