boy's name

Jakeb

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 1,214

Jakeb is a boy's name. In 2017 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1999, when 74 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1982.

Jakeb over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

505
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Births named Jakeb by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 100
1990s 437
2000s 505
2010s (to 2017) 128

How popular is Jakeb?

In 2017, Jakeb was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Jakeb is used

Canada #2,711 5 in 2007
United States #13,311 5 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jakeb

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jakeb also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jakeb over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jakeb

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jakeb — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jakeb

How popular is the name Jakeb?

In 2017, Jakeb was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Jakeb a girl's or a boy's name?

Jakeb is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jakeb most popular?

Jakeb peaked in 1999, when 74 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.