Masculine dossier · first seen 1957

Jakob

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jakob
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 91.3% from peak

Peak era

2001

Peak rank proxy

2,192

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1957Peak 20012024

Peak year

2001

Decline from peak

91.3%

2024

190

All-time

31,821

Jakob once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 2001, when 2,192 boys were named Jakob.

In 2024, only 190 boys were given the name.

Down 91.3% from its peak.

All told, about 31,821 Americans have been named Jakob and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1957.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.3% from peak

20012,192 boys named Jakob

2024190 boys named Jakob

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