Yaakov is an uncommon boys' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2021.
Yaakov is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,025 for boy births in the United States (and #2,097 across all names), given to 218 babies. Yaakov first appears in 1948 and peaked in 2021 (237 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 218 | 218 | #1,025 |
| 2024 | 233 | 233 | #975 |
| 2023 | 234 | 234 | #963 |
| 2022 | 205 | 205 | #1,071 |
| 2021 | 237 | 237 | #953 |
| 2020 | 180 | 180 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 160 | 160 | #1,201 |
| 2018 | 186 | 186 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 189 | 189 | #1,058 |
| 2016 | 159 | 159 | #1,197 |
| 2015 | 207 | 207 | #996 |
| 2014 | 160 | 160 | #1,173 |
| 2013 | 178 | 178 | #1,061 |
| 2012 | 155 | 155 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 153 | 153 | #1,169 |
| 2010 | 181 | 181 | #1,067 |
| 2009 | 131 | 131 | #1,330 |
| 2008 | 123 | 123 | #1,388 |
| 2007 | 137 | 137 | #1,282 |
| 2006 | 135 | 135 | #1,248 |
| 2005 | 120 | 120 | #1,288 |
| 2004 | 110 | 110 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 112 | 112 | #1,276 |
| 2002 | 107 | 107 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 104 | 104 | #1,282 |
| 2000 | 91 | 91 | #1,389 |
| 1999 | 106 | 106 | #1,210 |
| 1998 | 66 | 66 | #1,602 |
| 1997 | 94 | — | #1,240 |
| 1996 | 61 | — | #1,614 |
| 1995 | 78 | — | #1,337 |
| 1994 | 78 | — | #1,331 |
| 1993 | 56 | — | #1,619 |
| 1992 | 71 | — | #1,351 |
| 1991 | 80 | — | #1,253 |
| 1990 | 62 | — | #1,434 |
| 1989 | 75 | — | #1,257 |
| 1988 | 70 | — | #1,222 |
| 1987 | 94 | — | #981 |
| 1986 | 114 | — | #853 |
| 1985 | 57 | — | #1,280 |
| 1984 | 55 | — | #1,250 |
| 1983 | 38 | — | #1,591 |
| 1982 | 34 | — | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 47 | — | #1,395 |
| 1980 | 40 | — | #1,544 |
| 1979 | 37 | — | #1,595 |
| 1978 | 26 | — | #1,964 |
| 1977 | 36 | — | #1,569 |
| 1976 | 28 | — | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 23 | — | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 23 | — | #1,980 |
| 1973 | 27 | — | #1,735 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | #2,078 |
| 1971 | 21 | — | #2,050 |
| 1970 | 19 | — | #2,123 |
| 1969 | 20 | — | #1,912 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | #2,573 |
| 1967 | 13 | — | #2,348 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #2,779 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #3,924 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #4,588 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #4,618 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #3,092 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #4,592 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #3,287 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | #3,028 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,989 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #3,198 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #3,140 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,726 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #4,188 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #3,665 |