How Many People Are Named Jacobo?
An estimated 3,135 people in the United States have the first name Jacobo. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Jacobo peaked in popularity in 2023 with 109 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Jacobo as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Jacobo paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
3,135
About 1 in 109,332 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2023
109 births
Total Registered
3,408
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Jacobo
Jacobo is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 3,408 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Jacobo as a male name
Ranked #1,735 in 2024
95 male births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (109 births)
Jacobo: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Jacobo span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 802 babies were registered. While Jacobo is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Jacobo by Decade
How has Jacobo tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Jacobo by State
Birth registrations for Jacobo span all 11 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Florida. The lowest are in North Carolina, Colorado, Illinois. On average, about 193 Jacobos were registered per state.
Jacobo + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Jacobo as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Jacobo
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Jacobo: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jacobo?
We estimate approximately 3,135 people named Jacobo are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 109,332 Americans share this first name.
Is Jacobo a common name?
Jacobo is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 95.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,408 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Jacobo most popular?
Jacobo reached peak popularity in 2023, when 109 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Jacobo is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Jacobo a male name?
Jacobo is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Jacobo Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Jacobo Smith, Jacobo Johnson, Jacobo Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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