Jocob — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jocob

The Social Security Administration has registered 341 babies named Jocob between 1975 and 2009, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jocob currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jocob performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jocob shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jocob in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jocob 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 341 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.