Name profile

Jakob

Form of Jacob used in several languages.

PronunciationGerman /ˈjaː.kɔp/; Swedish /ˈjɑː.kɔp/; Icelandic /ˈjaː.kʰɔːp/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Slovene, Swedish
US rank (2025)#1,370

Meaning and history

Jákob is a form of Jacob, or James, used in several languages.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 1,158 births, rank #293
2007: 1,108 births, rank #303
2008: 1,083 births, rank #308
2009: 989 births, rank #324
2010: 1,097 births, rank #298
20112011: 910 births, rank #334
2012: 742 births, rank #395
2013: 711 births, rank #415
2014: 645 births, rank #458
2015: 548 births, rank #525
20162016: 476 births, rank #581
2017: 404 births, rank #638
2018: 344 births, rank #703
2019: 312 births, rank #759
2020: 256 births, rank #882
20212021: 281 births, rank #845
2022: 227 births, rank #991
2023: 189 births, rank #1,118
2024: 191 births, rank #1,119
20252025: 135 births, rank #1,370

Jakob moved from #846 to #991 for boys between 2021 and 2022. Its highest annual birth count came in 2001, with 2,192 births.