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.

Jacobs

#16,831 most common boys' name of all time · #43,896 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1983–2019

Rank among boys
#16,831
Rank overall
#43,896 of 105,966
First appeared
1983
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
81
Since 2016
12
Peak year
2008 #7,400
Best rank
#6,199 1983
Girls Boys peak 11/yr
2000

Jacobs first appears in 1983. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2019 — 7 7 #10,113
2017 — 5 5 #12,825
2015 — 6 6 #11,108
2013 — 7 7 #10,048
2008 — 11 11 #7,400
2001 — 5 5 #11,258
1996 — 5 5 #9,730
1995 — 5 5 #9,593
1992 — 5 5 #9,182
1991 — 7 7 #7,039
1988 — 7 7 #6,300
1986 — 5 5 #7,587
1983 — 6 6 #6,199