Jakeb

JAY-kuhb /ˈdʒeɪkəb/
boy 2 syllables fading

Jakeb is a rare variant of Jacob that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.

Jakeb is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Jakeb was first reported in SSA data in 1982 and peaked in 1999 (74 births).

About the name Jakeb

PronunciationJAY-kuhb /ˈdʒeɪkəb/
74peak births 1999
1982first in SSA data

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How popular is Jakeb?

Boys named Jakeb
19821990200020102017
Boys named Jakeb per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1982–2017 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2017) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Jakeb total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201755#13,084
20161414#6,167
201588#9,088
20141212#6,811
20131818#5,053
20121818#5,125
20112626#3,937
20102727#3,855
20094141#2,921
20083939#3,030
20075151#2,487
20063939#2,899
20055454#2,220
20044949#2,327
20035252#2,139
20024747#2,231
20016969#1,688
20006464#1,749
19997474#1,523
19986666#1,589
199754—#1,778
199641—#2,089
199544—#1,937
199437—#2,197
199341—#1,978
199229—#2,491
199129—#2,431
199022—#2,901
198922—#2,826
198815—#3,423
198721—#2,594
198610—#4,265
198511—#3,905
198410—#4,038
19835—#6,689
19826—#5,956