Boys' name · since 1975
Jocob
341 babies named Jocob in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,895 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 341
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jocob is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 341 have been recorded since 1975.
Jocob has 341 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2009.
- #9,895 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 341 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jocob ranks #9,895 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 341 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,895 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 341
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jocob's 341 recorded births place it above 78.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jocob's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jocob's full recorded timeline at 1991, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jocob popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2009
- Peak year (1987)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Jocob by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (142 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Jocob's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jocob births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 42
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
142 births
- 1990s
1990s
104 births
- 2000s 53
2000s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 142 births (42% of all-time use).
Jocob by state
Where Jocob concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 5.9% |
20 of 341 births nationwide.
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- Jocob's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (142 total births) through the 2000s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jocobs (20 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 Jocob: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1975–2009 (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 Jocob 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.