Jacob · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 146 recorded years as a table

Jacob, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	3,656
1881	3,782
1882	3,431
1883	3,403
1884	3,329
1885	3,182
1886	3,123
1887	3,126
1888	2,921
1889	2,668
1890	2,612
1891	2,352
1892	2,319
1893	2,600
1894	2,522
1895	2,266
1896	2,016
1897	1,809
1898	2,087
1899	1,779
1900	1,548
1901	1,616
1902	1,688
1903	1,585
1904	1,897
1905	1,663
1906	1,404
1907	1,655
1908	1,523
1909	1,598
1910	1,406
1911	1,429
1912	1,607
1913	1,452
1914	1,523
1915	1,322
1916	1,272
1917	1,212
1918	1,182
1919	1,104
1920	987
1921	993
1922	944
1923	890
1924	856
1925	807
1926	729
1927	759
1928	648
1929	602
1930	567
1931	550
1932	534
1933	544
1934	530
1935	456
1936	482
1937	503
1938	440
1939	386
1940	443
1941	379
1942	379
1943	333
1944	321
1945	310
1946	281
1947	285
1948	313
1949	276
1950	260
1951	267
1952	289
1953	299
1954	276
1955	280
1956	254
1957	250
1958	238
1959	261
1960	231
1961	237
1962	229
1963	240
1964	262
1965	262
1966	255
1967	255
1968	318
1969	367
1970	490
1971	598
1972	1,038
1973	1,362
1974	1,881
1975	2,317
1976	2,874
1977	3,522
1978	3,753
1979	4,383
1980	4,776
1981	5,216
1982	5,544
1983	6,136
1984	6,293
1985	6,646
1986	7,413
1987	7,673
1988	8,297
1989	8,911
1990	10,721
1991	12,473
1992	12,849
1993	14,014
1994	15,226
1995	16,354
1996	16,853
1997	18,122
1998	18,851
1999	18,421
2000	17,562
2001	16,765
2002	15,754
2003	15,014
2004	14,061
2005	12,943
2006	12,101
2007	11,713
2008	11,088
2009	10,690
2010	11,548
2011	10,743
2012	10,074
2013	9,622
2014	8,810
2015	8,350
2016	7,672
2017	7,169
2018	6,551
2019	6,018
2020	5,393
2021	4,855
2022	4,391
2023	4,101
2024	3,797
2025	3,602

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

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Wyoming 2.2×
Rhode Island 2.0×
District of Columbia 1.9×
New York 1.9×
New Jersey 1.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 6,152
Rank in 2025: #43
How rare: 1 in 277 boys
Since 1880: 988,227

Most popular in 1998, at 18,851 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 57% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Wyoming	2.2×	28
Rhode Island	2.0×	73
District of Columbia	1.9×	62
New York	1.9×	1,912
New Jersey	1.9×	880

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.