Jakob is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 190 boys in the United States.
Jakob belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Jakob first appears in Social Security records in 1957. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #172 in 2001, and in 2024 190 babies received the name — 31,821 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Jakob is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Hebrew and Biblical origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Jakob is a boy name. In 2024, 190 babies received the name in the US.
Jakob comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Jakob first appears in US records in 1957. Its best-ever ranking was #172 in 2001, and 190 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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