Jakoby
Jakoby was the 3986th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1472nd with 118 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,996 places. More babies were named Jakoby in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,986 boys, down 2,104 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 27boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2018118 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,703babies recorded
Jakoby popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,986 | 27 |
| 2020 | #1,882 | 79 |
| 2010 | #1,746 | 87 |
| 2000 | #2,500 | 38 |
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How popular is Jakoby, counting every spelling?
Jakoby is a spelling of Jacoby, a name family that ranked #848 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,986 for Jakoby on its own. Together these spellings went to 273 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacoby | 126 | #1,430 | 866 |
| Jakobi | 101 | #1,657 | 678 |
| Jakoby | 27 | #3,986 | 205 |
| Jakobie | 19 | #5,107 | 108 |
| Jacobie | — | — | 42 |
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 Jakoby?
27 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jakoby (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jakoby 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 310 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jakoby.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jakoby?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Jakoby are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 8 and 18. That makes Jakoby 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.
Jakoby by state
How common Jakoby was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Jakoby
How popular is the name Jakoby?
Jakoby was the 3986th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1472nd with 118 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,996 places. More babies were named Jakoby in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Jakoby a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jakoby in the US.
Where is Jakoby most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jakoby was most common in Texas (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.