Yaakov is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2094 for boy births in the United States, given to 218 babies. Yaakov first appears in the data in 1948 and reached its peak in 2021 (237 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 218 | #2,094 |
| 2024 | 233 | #2,019 |
| 2023 | 234 | #1,998 |
| 2022 | 205 | #2,218 |
| 2021 | 237 | #1,995 |
| 2020 | 180 | #2,348 |
| 2019 | 160 | #2,579 |
| 2018 | 186 | #2,305 |
| 2017 | 189 | #2,282 |
| 2016 | 159 | #2,611 |
| 2015 | 207 | #2,172 |
| 2014 | 160 | #2,561 |
| 2013 | 178 | #2,352 |
| 2012 | 155 | #2,597 |
| 2011 | 153 | #2,607 |
| 2010 | 181 | #2,348 |
| 2009 | 131 | #2,986 |
| 2008 | 123 | #3,129 |
| 2007 | 137 | #2,862 |
| 2006 | 135 | #2,806 |
| 2005 | 120 | #2,911 |
| 2004 | 110 | #3,050 |
| 2003 | 112 | #2,942 |
| 2002 | 107 | #2,960 |
| 2001 | 104 | #2,984 |
| 2000 | 91 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 106 | #2,762 |
| 1998 | 66 | #3,696 |
| 1997 | 94 | #2,855 |
| 1996 | 61 | #3,727 |
| 1995 | 78 | #3,078 |
| 1994 | 78 | #3,070 |
| 1993 | 56 | #3,809 |
| 1992 | 71 | #3,239 |
| 1991 | 80 | #2,979 |
| 1990 | 62 | #3,445 |
| 1989 | 75 | #2,935 |
| 1988 | 70 | #2,908 |
| 1987 | 94 | #2,305 |
| 1986 | 114 | #2,009 |
| 1985 | 57 | #3,102 |
| 1984 | 55 | #3,038 |
| 1983 | 38 | #3,876 |
| 1982 | 34 | #4,280 |
| 1981 | 47 | #3,431 |
| 1980 | 40 | #3,804 |
| 1979 | 37 | #3,940 |
| 1978 | 26 | #4,770 |
| 1977 | 36 | #3,839 |
| 1976 | 28 | #4,364 |
| 1975 | 23 | #4,908 |
| 1974 | 23 | #4,784 |
| 1973 | 27 | #4,192 |
| 1972 | 20 | #4,992 |
| 1971 | 21 | #4,979 |
| 1970 | 19 | #5,154 |
| 1969 | 20 | #4,681 |
| 1968 | 12 | #6,203 |
| 1967 | 13 | #5,683 |
| 1966 | 10 | #6,561 |
| 1965 | 6 | #9,040 |
| 1964 | 5 | #10,569 |
| 1963 | 5 | #10,441 |
| 1961 | 9 | #7,168 |
| 1960 | 5 | #10,217 |
| 1959 | 8 | #7,390 |
| 1958 | 9 | #6,820 |
| 1957 | 6 | #8,788 |
| 1955 | 8 | #7,144 |
| 1954 | 9 | #6,541 |
| 1953 | 8 | #6,952 |
| 1952 | 6 | #8,248 |
| 1950 | 5 | #9,068 |
| 1948 | 6 | #8,033 |