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 | 0.001977269 | 381 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 390 | 0.00176046 | 390 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 356 | 0.001640969 | 356 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 381 | 0.001564932 | 381 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 343 | 0.001424099 | 343 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 346 | 0.001355178 | 346 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 317 | 0.001281362 | 317 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 353 | 0.001178737 | 353 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 295 | 0.001020952 | 295 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 290 | 0.000962173 | 290 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 238 | 0.00083022 | 238 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 283 | 0.000846358 | 283 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 292 | 0.000897845 | 292 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 292 | 0.000862145 | 292 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 266 | 0.000757789 | 266 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 241 | 0.000674156 | 241 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 204 | 0.000587969 | 204 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 256 | 0.000671113 | 256 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 189 | 0.000557139 | 189 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 233 | 0.000517478 | 233 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 172 | 0.00049738 | 172 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 207 | 0.000535254 | 207 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 189 | 0.0004958 | 189 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 243 | 0.000602253 | 243 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 220 | 0.00051896 | 220 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 187 | 0.000436456 | 187 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 243 | 0.00052214 | 243 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 235 | 0.000480915 | 235 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 262 | 0.000512496 | 262 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 273 | 0.000462154 | 273 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 328 | 0.000509096 | 5 | 323 | -97% |
| 1912 | 691 | 0.00069935 | 691 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 744 | 0.00065429 | 744 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 997 | 0.000703924 | 997 | -100% | |
| 1915 | 1122 | 0.000612302 | 1122 | -100% | |
| 1916 | 1132 | 0.000585189 | 1132 | -100% | |
| 1917 | 1127 | 0.000561603 | 5 | 1122 | -99% |
| 1918 | 1203 | 0.000554094 | 5 | 1198 | -99% |
| 1919 | 1082 | 0.000512735 | 1082 | -100% | |
| 1920 | 1055 | 0.000466267 | 5 | 1050 | -99% |
| 1921 | 1099 | 0.000470764 | 5 | 1094 | -99% |
| 1922 | 1027 | 0.000448638 | 1027 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 975 | 0.000423454 | 975 | -100% | |
| 1924 | 975 | 0.000409385 | 5 | 970 | -99% |
| 1925 | 902 | 0.000386573 | 902 | -100% | |
| 1926 | 810 | 0.000352803 | 810 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 854 | 0.000368206 | 854 | -100% | |
| 1928 | 718 | 0.000317572 | 718 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 652 | 0.000297422 | 5 | 647 | -98% |
| 1930 | 629 | 0.000282915 | 7 | 622 | -98% |
| 1931 | 572 | 0.000271818 | 572 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 563 | 0.000266665 | 5 | 558 | -98% |
| 1933 | 539 | 0.00026958 | 539 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 547 | 0.00026339 | 547 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 475 | 0.000227292 | 475 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 500 | 0.000240671 | 500 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 541 | 0.000253916 | 5 | 536 | -98% |
| 1938 | 488 | 0.000220559 | 488 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 427 | 0.000193791 | 427 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 514 | 0.000223226 | 514 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 466 | 0.000191271 | 466 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 524 | 0.00019182 | 524 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 476 | 0.000168644 | 476 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 437 | 0.000162453 | 437 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 417 | 0.000157189 | 417 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 457 | 0.000143025 | 457 | -100% | |
| 1947 | 522 | 0.000144911 | 522 | -100% | |
| 1948 | 550 | 0.000159306 | 550 | -100% | |
| 1949 | 490 | 0.000140614 | 490 | -100% | |
| 1950 | 465 | 0.000132728 | 465 | -100% | |
| 1951 | 503 | 0.000136545 | 503 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 562 | 0.000147971 | 562 | -100% | |
| 1953 | 590 | 0.000153103 | 590 | -100% | |
| 1954 | 563 | 0.000141432 | 563 | -100% | |
| 1955 | 582 | 0.000144954 | 5 | 577 | -98% |
| 1956 | 538 | 0.000130485 | 538 | -100% | |
| 1957 | 540 | 0.000128495 | 540 | -100% | |
| 1958 | 506 | 0.000122436 | 506 | -100% | |
| 1959 | 558 | 0.00013424 | 558 | -100% | |
| 1960 | 491 | 0.000118191 | 491 | -100% | |
| 1961 | 506 | 0.000122195 | 506 | -100% | |
| 1962 | 474 | 0.000117471 | 474 | -100% | |
| 1963 | 489 | 0.000123529 | 489 | -100% | |
| 1964 | 527 | 0.000135557 | 5 | 522 | -98% |
| 1965 | 489 | 0.000134873 | 489 | -100% | |
| 1966 | 454 | 0.000130624 | 454 | -100% | |
| 1967 | 447 | 0.000131664 | 447 | -100% | |
| 1968 | 553 | 0.000163679 | 553 | -100% | |
| 1969 | 656 | 0.000188742 | 656 | -100% | |
| 1970 | 911 | 0.000252576 | 911 | -100% | |
| 1971 | 1062 | 0.000309397 | 5 | 1057 | -99% |
| 1972 | 1690 | 0.000537648 | 6 | 1684 | -99% |
| 1973 | 2136 | 0.00070796 | 11 | 2125 | -99% |
| 1974 | 2980 | 0.000980197 | 21 | 2959 | -99% |
| 1975 | 3645 | 0.001207062 | 24 | 3621 | -99% |
| 1976 | 4534 | 0.001494085 | 22 | 4512 | -99% |
| 1977 | 5827 | 0.001834292 | 35 | 5792 | -99% |
| 1978 | 6207 | 0.001955459 | 41 | 6166 | -99% |
| 1979 | 7588 | 0.002280519 | 41 | 7547 | -99% |
| 1980 | 8573 | 0.00248865 | 52 | 8521 | -99% |
| 1981 | 9411 | 0.002720266 | 60 | 9351 | -99% |
| 1982 | 10131 | 0.002887822 | 70 | 10061 | -99% |
| 1983 | 11065 | 0.003194801 | 66 | 10999 | -99% |
| 1984 | 11405 | 0.003269092 | 49 | 11356 | -99% |
| 1985 | 12359 | 0.003462861 | 77 | 12282 | -99% |
| 1986 | 13731 | 0.003860329 | 78 | 13653 | -99% |
| 1987 | 14413 | 0.003997571 | 90 | 14323 | -99% |
| 1988 | 15959 | 0.004319361 | 78 | 15881 | -99% |
| 1989 | 17908 | 0.004658322 | 75 | 17833 | -99% |
| 1990 | 22077 | 0.005586136 | 58 | 22019 | -99% |
| 1991 | 25258 | 0.006484744 | 61 | 25197 | -100% |
| 1992 | 25721 | 0.006696496 | 52 | 25669 | -100% |
| 1993 | 27552 | 0.007308256 | 67 | 27485 | -100% |
| 1994 | 29469 | 0.007927408 | 50 | 29419 | -100% |
| 1995 | 31198 | 0.008519651 | 66 | 31132 | -100% |
| 1996 | 31979 | 0.008768774 | 53 | 31926 | -100% |
| 1997 | 34219 | 0.009438349 | 61 | 34158 | -100% |
| 1998 | 36086 | 0.009811361 | 60 | 36026 | -100% |
| 1999 | 35432 | 0.009592765 | 63 | 35369 | -100% |
| 2000 | 34549 | 0.009140871 | 59 | 34490 | -100% |
| 2001 | 32608 | 0.008711509 | 38 | 32570 | -100% |
| 2002 | 30624 | 0.008193068 | 41 | 30583 | -100% |
| 2003 | 29697 | 0.007811382 | 47 | 29650 | -100% |
| 2004 | 28066 | 0.00734643 | 171 | 27895 | -99% |
| 2005 | 25883 | 0.006733058 | 40 | 25843 | -100% |
| 2006 | 24892 | 0.006293301 | 37 | 24855 | -100% |
| 2007 | 24333 | 0.006088352 | 34 | 24299 | -100% |
| 2008 | 22640 | 0.005761653 | 29 | 22611 | -100% |
| 2009 | 21223 | 0.005557471 | 27 | 21196 | -100% |
| 2010 | 22173 | 0.006001741 | 29 | 22144 | -100% |
| 2011 | 20412 | 0.005582679 | 23 | 20389 | -100% |
| 2012 | 19120 | 0.00523017 | 26 | 19094 | -100% |
| 2013 | 18208 | 0.004997184 | 23 | 18185 | -100% |
| 2014 | 16917 | 0.004566995 | 13 | 16904 | -100% |
| 2015 | 16002 | 0.00432675 | 23 | 15979 | -100% |
| 2016 | 14560 | 0.003971783 | 16 | 14544 | -100% |
| 2017 | 13261 | 0.003711698 | 16 | 13245 | -100% |
| 2018 | 11880 | 0.003382929 | 9 | 11871 | -100% |
| 2019 | 10767 | 0.003106623 | 8 | 10759 | -100% |
| 2020 | 9284 | 0.002784659 | 9 | 9275 | -100% |
| 2021 | 8466 | 0.002504946 | 8 | 8458 | -100% |
| 2022 | 7612 | 0.002264199 | 9 | 7603 | -100% |