Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jacob

#30 most common boys' name of all time · #45 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#30
Rank overall
#45 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
990,532
Since 2016
95,791
Peak year
1998 #2
Best rank
#1 1999
Girls Boys peak 36,091/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Jacob is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6,152 6,152 #43
2024 9 6,541 6,550 #40
2023 6 7,015 7,021 #35
2022 10 7,667 7,677 #32
2021 8 8,494 8,502 #24
2020 9 9,309 9,318 #15
2019 8 10,797 10,805 #12
2018 9 11,897 11,906 #13
2017 16 13,269 13,285 #9
2016 16 14,559 14,575 #7
2015 23 16,005 16,028 #4
2014 13 16,923 16,936 #4
2013 23 18,201 18,224 #2
2012 26 19,110 19,136 #1
2011 23 20,403 20,426 #1
2010 29 22,157 22,186 #1
2009 27 21,204 21,231 #1
2008 29 22,621 22,650 #1
2007 34 24,310 24,344 #1
2006 37 24,871 24,908 #1
2005 40 25,851 25,891 #1
2004 171 27,911 28,082 #1
2003 47 29,658 29,705 #1
2002 41 30,586 30,627 #1
2001 38 32,573 32,611 #1
2000 59 34,492 34,551 #1
1999 63 35,371 35,434 #1
1998 60 36,031 36,091 #2
1997 61 34,163 34,224 #2
1996 53 31,925 31,978 #3
1995 66 31,134 31,200 #4
1994 50 29,417 29,467 #7
1993 67 27,487 27,554 #9
1992 52 25,665 25,717 #15
1991 61 25,200 25,261 #17
1990 59 22,022 22,081 #20
1989 74 17,831 17,905 #26
1988 78 15,883 15,961 #28
1987 90 14,326 14,416 #31
1986 78 13,652 13,730 #31
1985 77 12,284 12,361 #35
1984 49 11,358 11,407 #37
1983 66 10,999 11,065 #36
1982 70 10,059 10,129 #41
1981 60 9,342 9,402 #43
1980 52 8,520 8,572 #43
1979 41 7,545 7,586 #45
1978 41 6,161 6,202 #50
1977 35 5,788 5,823 #56
1976 22 4,509 4,531 #63
1975 24 3,618 3,642 #75
1974 21 2,957 2,978 #88
1973 11 2,123 2,134 #122
1972 6 1,683 1,689 #155
1971 5 1,057 1,062 #223
1970 — 910 910 #255
1969 — 656 656 #296
1968 — 553 553 #324
1967 — 445 445 #354
1966 — 454 454 #351
1965 — 487 487 #346
1964 5 522 527 #344
1963 — 487 487 #353
1962 — 474 474 #369
1961 — 504 504 #354
1960 — 493 493 #351
1959 — 558 558 #328
1958 — 506 506 #341
1957 — 540 540 #331
1956 — 538 538 #322
1955 5 577 582 #303
1954 — 563 563 #306
1953 — 590 590 #289
1952 — 561 561 #298
1951 — 502 502 #311
1950 — 465 465 #318
1949 — 490 490 #308
1948 — 550 550 #289
1947 — 522 522 #301
1946 — 457 457 #304
1945 — 417 417 #292
1944 — 437 437 #283
1943 — 476 476 #281
1942 — 524 524 #252
1941 — 466 466 #257
1940 — 514 514 #234
1939 — 427 427 #261
1938 — 488 488 #240
1937 5 536 541 #223
1936 — 500 500 #229
1935 — 475 475 #242
1934 — 547 547 #219
1933 — 539 539 #213
1932 5 558 563 #218
1931 — 572 572 #217
1930 7 622 629 #212
1929 5 647 652 #203
1928 — 718 718 #196
1927 — 855 855 #173
1926 — 810 810 #177
1925 — 901 901 #166
1924 5 970 975 #163
1923 — 975 975 #160
1922 — 1,027 1,027 #148
1921 5 1,094 1,099 #143
1920 5 1,050 1,055 #143
1919 — 1,082 1,082 #137
1918 5 1,198 1,203 #133
1917 5 1,122 1,127 #130
1916 — 1,132 1,132 #123
1915 — 1,122 1,122 #121
1914 — 997 997 #113
1913 — 744 744 #117
1912 — 691 691 #110
1911 5 323 328 #117
1910 — 273 273 #117
1909 — 262 262 #102
1908 — 235 235 #107
1907 — 243 243 #101
1906 — 187 187 #114
1905 — 220 220 #98
1904 — 243 243 #89
1903 — 189 189 #103
1902 — 207 207 #95
1901 — 172 172 #98
1900 — 233 233 #101
1899 — 189 189 #92
1898 — 256 256 #82
1897 — 204 204 #88
1896 — 241 241 #82
1895 — 266 266 #74
1894 — 292 292 #68
1893 — 292 292 #65
1892 — 283 283 #73
1891 — 238 238 #69
1890 — 290 290 #66
1889 — 295 295 #67
1888 — 353 353 #59
1887 — 317 317 #56
1886 — 346 346 #54
1885 — 343 343 #53
1884 — 381 381 #50
1883 — 356 356 #49
1882 — 390 390 #46
1881 — 381 381 #39
1880 — 404 404 #39