Yaakov

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yaakov: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yaakov: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,130 in 1999, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1130highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1761
1998	#2074
1999	#1130
2000	#1425
2001	#1286
2002	#1519
2003	#3467
2004	#2304
2005	#3849
2007	#4333
2008	#3158
2009	#2544
2010	#2036
2011	#2194
2012	#2721
2013	#2954
2014	#3362
2015	#2020
2016	#2556
2017	#1923
2018	#3011
2019	#3013
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2022	#3048
2023	#2546
2024	#2671

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1130 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yaakov by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yaakov in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000s	56	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	80	10 of 10	8
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yaakov appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1130 in England and Wales in 1999.

Yaakov's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,130, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 1999Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adham · #1130, 27y
Arber · #1130, 26y
Tarran · #1130, 25y
Hafiza · #1129, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adham · #1130, 27y
Arber · #1130, 26y
Chirag · #1130, 18y
Tarran · #1130, 25y

Yaakov and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yaakov without appearing here.

Yaakov moved ahead of

Einar Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #4647.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Yaakov

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1519 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1092.
Theodor Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1519 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1962.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1923 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3011 and #1786.

Moved the opposite way to Yaakov

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yaakov went from #1761 to #2671 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yaakov went from #1130 to #2671 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yaakov went from #1130 to #2671 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yaakov went from #1130 to #2671 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.

Moved the same way as Yaakov

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Yaakov went from #2020 to #3048 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Yaakov went from #1761 to #2546 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Yaakov went from #2020 to #3048 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Yaakov went from #2020 to #2960 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1130 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yaakov

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Yaakov by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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