girls:
15 births since 1986
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1981
#3123 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1981
#6198 (20th percentile)
The name Jacolby is the #6,198 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,548 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 19.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,123 (31.9% percentile) for all time with 1,533 births since 1981. For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1986.
Jacolby first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (1981 for boys and 1986 for girls).
The name Jacolby has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jacolby reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 9.9% percentile (ranked #694) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 39 births per million (ranked 9.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jacolby ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 21.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jacolby reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #814) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jacolby".
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