Yaqoub
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.
Meaning & Origin of Yaqoub
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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The Story of Yaqoub
The earliest SSA record of Yaqoub as a baby boy name dates back to 2013, when 6 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Yaqoub — #6,443 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Yaqoub on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yaqoub last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 13 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 68 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Yaqoub
Yaqoub is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2013 and has accumulated 68 births in the dataset. Yaqoub's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #6,443. Use the chart and map above to compare Yaqoub'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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