Meaning and history
Jakub is the Polish, Czech, and Slovak form of Jacob or James. In Polish and Slovak, it refers to both the Old Testament patriarch and the New Testament apostles, while in Czech it is used only for the apostles, with Jákob reserved for the patriarch.
20062006: 168 births, rank #1,067
2007: 174 births, rank #1,070
2008: 184 births, rank #1,031
2009: 145 births, rank #1,232
2010: 147 births, rank #1,209
20112011: 106 births, rank #1,510
2012: 106 births, rank #1,514
2013: 97 births, rank #1,588
2014: 95 births, rank #1,627
2015: 92 births, rank #1,691
20162016: 79 births, rank #1,875
2017: 76 births, rank #1,897
2018: 59 births, rank #2,282
2019: 44 births, rank #2,808
2020: 47 births, rank #2,658
20212021: 55 births, rank #2,439
2022: 49 births, rank #2,675
2023: 39 births, rank #3,117
2024: 39 births, rank #3,104
20252025: 36 births, rank #3,240
In 2025, 36 babies were recorded with the name Jakub, ranking #3,240 among boys.