Jacobus
Jacobus is a masculine first name, which is a variant of Jacob, Jack and James. The name may refer to:
- Dutch
- Late Roman
Meaning & Origin of Jacobus
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jacobus is a masculine first name, which is a variant of Jacob, Jack and James. The name may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
- Late Roman
The Story of Jacobus
Jacobus first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1997: 8 births, good for #6,618 nationwide. About 34% of every Jacobus on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jacobus last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 137 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jacobus
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jacobus. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jacobus
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About the name Jacobus
Jacobus is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 137 births in the dataset. Jacobus's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #6,618. Use the chart and map above to compare Jacobus's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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