Yaqoob
Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoob, Yakoub, Yoqub or Yaâkub is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Yaqoob
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoob, Yakoub, Yoqub or Yaâkub is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Yaqoob
American parents first put Yaqoob on the record books as a baby boy name in 2009, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 10 Yaqoobs were born — ranking #7,602 that year. About 62% of every Yaqoob on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yaqoob last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 73 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Yaqoob
Yaqoob is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2009 and has accumulated 73 births in the dataset. Yaqoob's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #7,602. Use the chart and map above to compare Yaqoob'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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