Yacoub

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yacoub: Recorded since 1999, it reached #1,825 in 2020, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1825highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2002	#3225
2004	#3009
2006	#4052
2007	#4333
2008	#3158
2009	#2318
2010	#3865
2011	#2892
2012	#4805
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#3373
2016	#2804
2017	#2734
2018	#1991
2019	#3013
2020	#1825
2021	#4789
2022	#2755
2023	#3112
2024	#3688

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 22 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1825 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yacoub 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 Yacoub in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	26	6 of 10	4
2010s	56	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Yacoub 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1825 in England and Wales in 2020.

Yacoub'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,825, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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 →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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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.

Frey · #1825, 17y
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Salahudeen · #1825, 18y
Ralfie · #1828, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Loukas · #1825, 25y
Radia · #1823, 14y
Talon · #1828, 21y
Zuhaib · #1828, 19y

Yacoub 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 Yacoub without appearing here.

Yacoub moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2734 and #4812.
Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2734 and #4812.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2734 and #4812.
Einar Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Yacoub

Gunnar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #1860.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1991 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3013 and #2728.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #3112.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1825 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yacoub

Yacoub at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yacoub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yacoub appears in

Popularity data

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Yacoub and the names beside it

Yacoub moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Yacoub

Yacoub at a glance

Yacoub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yacoub appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Yacoub and the names beside it

Yacoub moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Yacoub