boys:
31.6k births since 1957
#644 (86th percentile)
overall:
31.6k births since 1957
#1428 (82nd percentile)
The name Jakob is the #1,428 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 31,627 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 81.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #644 (86.0% percentile) for all time with 31,627 births since 1957.
Jakob first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (first recorded for boys in 1957). Birth data for Jakob is available in 64 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jakob reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 79.6% percentile (ranked #169) with 1,060 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 1,060 births per million (ranked 79.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2002, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jakob ranks #730 for boys (19.9% percentile) with 102 births per million, which is 9.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jakob".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jakob", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 22 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Jacob" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Jacob..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jakob. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Jakob is pronounced as JAY-kuhb, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YAH-kuhb, at 26.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like JH EY1 K AH0 B) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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