Yaakov
Yaakov is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Yaakov
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yaakov is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Yaakov
Yaakov first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1948, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 242 Yaakovs were born — ranking #945 that year. As of 2026, Yaakov ranks #945 for baby boys with 242 births, rising sharply (+21% over the past five years). In total, more than 6K Yaakovs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yaakov
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About the name Yaakov
Yaakov is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Yaakov's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #848. Use the chart and map above to compare Yaakov'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.