How popular is “Jacob” in the USA?
Number of people named “Jacob” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Jacob” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Jacob” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Jacob” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Jacob” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Jacob” by birth year
This chart shows how “Jacob” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 404 | 0.002005122 | 404 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 381 | 0.00197729 | 381 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 390 | 0.00176046 | 390 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 356 | 0.001640961 | 356 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 381 | 0.001564932 | 381 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 343 | 0.001424099 | 343 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 346 | 0.001355183 | 346 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 317 | 0.001281367 | 317 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 353 | 0.001178733 | 353 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 295 | 0.001020952 | 295 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 290 | 0.000962173 | 290 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 238 | 0.000830214 | 238 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 283 | 0.000846358 | 283 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 292 | 0.000897845 | 292 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 292 | 0.000862145 | 292 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 266 | 0.000757792 | 266 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 241 | 0.000674156 | 241 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 204 | 0.000587969 | 204 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 256 | 0.000671115 | 256 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 189 | 0.000557138 | 189 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 233 | 0.000517481 | 233 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 172 | 0.00049738 | 172 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 207 | 0.000535253 | 207 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 189 | 0.000495803 | 189 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 243 | 0.000602253 | 243 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 220 | 0.000518963 | 220 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 187 | 0.000436456 | 187 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 243 | 0.000522143 | 243 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 235 | 0.000480918 | 235 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 262 | 0.000512496 | 262 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 273 | 0.000462155 | 273 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 328 | 0.000509097 | 5 | 323 | -97% |
| 1912 | 691 | 0.000699349 | 691 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 744 | 0.00065429 | 744 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 997 | 0.000703925 | 997 | -100% | |
| 1915 | 1122 | 0.000612303 | 1122 | -100% | |
| 1916 | 1132 | 0.000585189 | 1132 | -100% | |
| 1917 | 1127 | 0.000561605 | 5 | 1122 | -99% |
| 1918 | 1203 | 0.000554094 | 5 | 1198 | -99% |
| 1919 | 1082 | 0.000512737 | 1082 | -100% | |
| 1920 | 1055 | 0.000466269 | 5 | 1050 | -99% |
| 1921 | 1099 | 0.000470764 | 5 | 1094 | -99% |
| 1922 | 1027 | 0.000448637 | 1027 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 975 | 0.000423456 | 975 | -100% | |
| 1924 | 975 | 0.000409387 | 5 | 970 | -99% |
| 1925 | 901 | 0.000386148 | 901 | -100% | |
| 1926 | 810 | 0.000352802 | 810 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 855 | 0.000368636 | 855 | -100% | |
| 1928 | 718 | 0.000317567 | 718 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 652 | 0.000297423 | 5 | 647 | -98% |
| 1930 | 629 | 0.000282914 | 7 | 622 | -98% |
| 1931 | 572 | 0.000271813 | 572 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 563 | 0.000266661 | 5 | 558 | -98% |
| 1933 | 539 | 0.000269575 | 539 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 547 | 0.000263384 | 547 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 475 | 0.000227284 | 475 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 500 | 0.000240665 | 500 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 541 | 0.000253911 | 5 | 536 | -98% |
| 1938 | 488 | 0.000220558 | 488 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 427 | 0.000193788 | 427 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 514 | 0.000223218 | 514 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 466 | 0.000191264 | 466 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 524 | 0.000191814 | 524 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 476 | 0.000168641 | 476 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 437 | 0.000162449 | 437 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 417 | 0.000157186 | 417 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 457 | 0.000143022 | 457 | -100% | |
| 1947 | 522 | 0.000144907 | 522 | -100% | |
| 1948 | 550 | 0.000159304 | 550 | -100% | |
| 1949 | 490 | 0.000140612 | 490 | -100% | |
| 1950 | 465 | 0.00013273 | 465 | -100% | |
| 1951 | 502 | 0.000136275 | 502 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 561 | 0.000147709 | 561 | -100% | |
| 1953 | 590 | 0.000153102 | 590 | -100% | |
| 1954 | 563 | 0.000141432 | 563 | -100% | |
| 1955 | 582 | 0.000144954 | 5 | 577 | -98% |
| 1956 | 538 | 0.000130486 | 538 | -100% | |
| 1957 | 540 | 0.000128506 | 540 | -100% | |
| 1958 | 506 | 0.000122402 | 506 | -100% | |
| 1959 | 558 | 0.000134199 | 558 | -100% | |
| 1960 | 492 | 0.000118445 | 492 | -100% | |
| 1961 | 506 | 0.000122154 | 506 | -100% | |
| 1962 | 474 | 0.000117461 | 474 | -100% | |
| 1963 | 487 | 0.000123036 | 487 | -100% | |
| 1964 | 527 | 0.000135559 | 5 | 522 | -98% |
| 1965 | 489 | 0.00013488 | 489 | -100% | |
| 1966 | 454 | 0.000130623 | 454 | -100% | |
| 1967 | 447 | 0.000131668 | 447 | -100% | |
| 1968 | 553 | 0.000163686 | 553 | -100% | |
| 1969 | 656 | 0.000188759 | 656 | -100% | |
| 1970 | 910 | 0.000252321 | 910 | -100% | |
| 1971 | 1061 | 0.000309117 | 5 | 1056 | -99% |
| 1972 | 1688 | 0.000537068 | 6 | 1682 | -99% |
| 1973 | 2135 | 0.000707683 | 11 | 2124 | -99% |
| 1974 | 2979 | 0.000979935 | 21 | 2958 | -99% |
| 1975 | 3643 | 0.001206534 | 24 | 3619 | -99% |
| 1976 | 4531 | 0.00149326 | 22 | 4509 | -99% |
| 1977 | 5824 | 0.001833468 | 35 | 5789 | -99% |
| 1978 | 6203 | 0.001954396 | 41 | 6162 | -99% |
| 1979 | 7587 | 0.002280433 | 41 | 7546 | -99% |
| 1980 | 8574 | 0.002489181 | 52 | 8522 | -99% |
| 1981 | 9405 | 0.002718699 | 60 | 9345 | -99% |
| 1982 | 10131 | 0.002888002 | 70 | 10061 | -99% |
| 1983 | 11064 | 0.003194605 | 66 | 10998 | -99% |
| 1984 | 11406 | 0.003269361 | 49 | 11357 | -99% |
| 1985 | 12363 | 0.003463889 | 77 | 12286 | -99% |
| 1986 | 13729 | 0.003859629 | 78 | 13651 | -99% |
| 1987 | 14416 | 0.003998209 | 90 | 14326 | -99% |
| 1988 | 15961 | 0.004319571 | 78 | 15883 | -99% |
| 1989 | 17909 | 0.004658408 | 75 | 17834 | -99% |
| 1990 | 22081 | 0.005586622 | 58 | 22023 | -99% |
| 1991 | 25258 | 0.006484283 | 61 | 25197 | -100% |
| 1992 | 25719 | 0.006695437 | 52 | 25667 | -100% |
| 1993 | 27552 | 0.007307682 | 67 | 27485 | -100% |
| 1994 | 29469 | 0.007926775 | 50 | 29419 | -100% |
| 1995 | 31200 | 0.008519574 | 66 | 31134 | -100% |
| 1996 | 31977 | 0.00876756 | 53 | 31924 | -100% |
| 1997 | 34224 | 0.009439153 | 61 | 34163 | -100% |
| 1998 | 36087 | 0.00981103 | 60 | 36027 | -100% |
| 1999 | 35434 | 0.009592657 | 63 | 35371 | -100% |
| 2000 | 34550 | 0.009140444 | 59 | 34491 | -100% |
| 2001 | 32611 | 0.008711622 | 38 | 32573 | -100% |
| 2002 | 30627 | 0.008192781 | 41 | 30586 | -100% |
| 2003 | 29705 | 0.007812337 | 47 | 29658 | -100% |
| 2004 | 28077 | 0.007348225 | 171 | 27906 | -99% |
| 2005 | 25891 | 0.006733952 | 40 | 25851 | -100% |
| 2006 | 24904 | 0.006294947 | 37 | 24867 | -100% |
| 2007 | 24342 | 0.006089027 | 34 | 24308 | -100% |
| 2008 | 22651 | 0.005762638 | 29 | 22622 | -100% |
| 2009 | 21229 | 0.005557075 | 27 | 21202 | -100% |
| 2010 | 22183 | 0.006002318 | 29 | 22154 | -100% |
| 2011 | 20424 | 0.005583697 | 23 | 20401 | -100% |
| 2012 | 19130 | 0.005230539 | 26 | 19104 | -100% |
| 2013 | 18219 | 0.004997439 | 23 | 18196 | -100% |
| 2014 | 16929 | 0.004567535 | 13 | 16916 | -100% |
| 2015 | 16022 | 0.004329203 | 23 | 15999 | -100% |
| 2016 | 14570 | 0.003971436 | 16 | 14554 | -100% |
| 2017 | 13281 | 0.003713724 | 16 | 13265 | -100% |
| 2018 | 11900 | 0.003384627 | 9 | 11891 | -100% |
| 2019 | 10794 | 0.003109827 | 8 | 10786 | -100% |
| 2020 | 9315 | 0.00278844 | 9 | 9306 | -100% |
| 2021 | 8489 | 0.002505646 | 8 | 8481 | -100% |
| 2022 | 7668 | 0.002266537 | 10 | 7658 | -100% |
| 2023 | 7011 | 0.002117362 | 6 | 7005 | -100% |
| 2024 | 6505 | 0.001954333 | 9 | 6496 | -100% |