How Many People Are Named Yacob?
An estimated 200 people in the United States have the first name Yacob. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 14 years old, and Yacob peaked in popularity in 2017 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yacob 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 Yacob paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
200
About 1 in 1,713,772 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
14
years old
Peak Year
2017
18 births
Total Registered
202
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yacob
Yacob is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 202 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Yacob as a male name
Ranked #9,811 in 2024
8 male births in 2024
Peak: 2017 (18 births)
Yacob: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yacob span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 106 babies were registered. While Yacob is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yacob by Decade
How has Yacob 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.
Yacob + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yacob as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Yacob: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yacob?
We estimate approximately 200 people named Yacob 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 1,713,772 Americans share this first name.
Is Yacob a common name?
Yacob is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 202 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yacob most popular?
Yacob reached peak popularity in 2017, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yacob is approximately 14 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yacob a male name?
Yacob is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yacob Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yacob Smith, Yacob Johnson, Yacob 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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