Recorded 2003–2017 Boys' name Peak 2015 61 births

Yacqub — boys' name

61 babies named Yacqub in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s232010s38
2010s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Yacqub was born in this single decade.

2015
Single peak year

8 babies were named Yacqub in 2015 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yacqub

The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Yacqub between 2003 and 2017, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yacqub currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yacqub performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yacqub shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yacqub in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yacqub 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 61 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.

Yacqub at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

61

Since 2003

15 years of records

Peak year

2015

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2003

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2017

Yacqub popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2003

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2015)
8
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
456789 2017201620152014201320102008200620052003 6

Yacqub by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
38 births that decade — 62% of Yacqub's all-time total
2000s232010s38

Yacqub by state

Where Yacqub concentrates geographically — total births since 2003

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yacqub
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Minnesota
10 16.4%
Minnesota share of Yacqub's total US births 16.4%

10 of 61 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yacqub?
61 babies have been named Yacqub since 2003. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2015 with 8 births.
When was Yacqub most popular?
Yacqub was most popular in the 2010s decade with 38 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
Where is Yacqub most popular?
The top states for the name Yacqub are Minnesota (10 births).
How long has the name Yacqub been used?
Yacqub has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 15 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Yacqub?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yacoub, Yacob, Yacine, Yacov, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.