boy's name

Jaykob

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,214

Jaykob is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2012, when 75 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1990.

Jaykob over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

490
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jaykob by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 122
2000s 490
2010s 441
2020s (to 2025) 66

How popular is Jaykob?

In 2025, Jaykob was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Jaykob is used

Canada #3,609 5 in 2021
England & Wales #6,228 3 in 2016
United States #13,899 5 in 2025

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 Jaykob

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

Parents who like Jaykob also like

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

Sibling names for Jaykob

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

Common questions about Jaykob

How popular is the name Jaykob?

In 2025, Jaykob was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Jaykob is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jaykob most popular?

Jaykob peaked in 2012, when 75 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Jaykob a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jaykob currently ranks #13,899 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.