boys:
3k births since 1953
#2280 (50th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1953
#4940 (36th percentile)
The name Yakov is the #4,940 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,021 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 36.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,280 (50.3% percentile) for all time with 3,021 births since 1953.
Yakov first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (first recorded for boys in 1953). Birth data for Yakov is available in 59 out of the 71 years between 1953 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, Yakov reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 14.6% percentile (ranked #789) with 75 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 75 births per million (ranked 14.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Yakov ranks #800 for boys (12.2% percentile) with 63 births per million, which is 84.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yakov".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Yakov. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.6% confident that Yakov is pronounced as YAH-kuhv, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YAH-kawv, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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