Yaqub — #2976 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yaqub

The Social Security Administration has registered 603 babies named Yaqub between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yaqub currently holds the #2976 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yaqub performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yaqub shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Yaqub in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yaqub 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 603 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.