Jacolby
Jacolby was the 5968th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1258th with 81 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,346 places. More babies were named Jacolby in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,968 boys, down 631 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199281 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,572babies recorded
Jacolby popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 15 since 1986.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,968 | 15 |
| 2020 | #5,337 | 17 |
| 2010 | #3,103 | 37 |
| 2000 | #1,952 | 53 |
| 1990 | #2,058 | 36 |
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How popular is Jacolby, counting every spelling?
Jacolby is the most common spelling of a name family that had 15 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 15 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacolby | 15 | #5,968 | 78 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jacolby?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jacolby (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jacolby born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jacolby.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jacolby?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Jacolby are alive today, with a median age of 25; half are between 16 and 33. That makes Jacolby mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jacolby: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jacolby, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jacolby
How popular is the name Jacolby?
Jacolby was the 5968th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1258th with 81 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,346 places. More babies were named Jacolby in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Jacolby a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jacolby in the US.