Yaqub
Yaqub was the 3124th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 39 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2580th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 465 places. More babies were named Yaqub in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,124 boys, up 606 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 39boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201951 babies
- Total since 1880
- 642babies recorded
Yaqub popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,124 | 39 |
| 2020 | #3,730 | 29 |
| 2010 | #4,673 | 21 |
| 2000 | #10,318 | 6 |
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How popular is Yaqub, counting every spelling?
Yaqub has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Yaqub?
39 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Yaqub (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Yaqub 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 215 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Yaqub.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Yaqub?
About 600 people born in the US named Yaqub are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Yaqub a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Yaqub by state
How common Yaqub was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.2×). In 46 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
These names rose and fell in step with Yaqub: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Yaqub, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Yaqub
How popular is the name Yaqub?
Yaqub was the 3124th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 39 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2580th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 465 places. More babies were named Yaqub in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Yaqub a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Yaqub in the US.
Where is Yaqub most popular?
In 2021–2025, Yaqub was most common in Minnesota (0.15 per 1,000 boys), followed by Michigan and New York.