Boys' name · since 1990
Jaykob
Jaykob has 1,119 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,782 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,578 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,119
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaykob currently ranks #12578 among boys' names in America, with 1,119 babies recorded since 1990.
Jaykob has 1,119 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12578 as of the latest data, more common than 10% 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 1990 to 2025.
- #4,782 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,578 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,119 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaykob ranks #4,782 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,578 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,119 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,782 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,578 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,119
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaykob's 1,119 recorded births place it above 89.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jaykob compares
1,119 Top 30% higher than 70% 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
Jaykob's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaykob | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,119 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 75 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jaykob's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jaykob's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 75, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jaykob popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 75
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Jaykob by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (490 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Jaykob's strongest decade.
490 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Jaykob births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 122
1990s
122 births
- 2000s
2000s
490 births
- 2010s
2010s
441 births
- 2020s 66
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 490 births (44% of all-time use).
How Jaykob 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 Jaykob's total volume
Jaykob by state
Where Jaykob concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 131 | 11.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 109 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 27 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Washington | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.4% |
131 of 1,119 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Jaykob appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jaykob's data
- Jaykob's decade-level peak was the 2000s (490 total births); usage has since declined to 66 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jaykobs (131 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Jaykob: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Jaykob 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.