Yaacov — #12714 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yaacov

The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Yaacov between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yaacov currently holds the #12714 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yaacov performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yaacov shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yaacov in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yaacov 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 127 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.