Iacob

maleStatistical record

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

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

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
11years from first to last
#741highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2014–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2014	#3895
2017	#3040
2018	#2445
2019	#2488
2020	#2076
2021	#3990
2022	#4001
2023	#3523
2024	#3254

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 9 of the 11 years from 2014 to 2024.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2076 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2014–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2014
First recorded at #3895 among boys in England and Wales in 2014 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Iacob appears in

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

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2014 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #741 in Republic of Ireland in 2020.

Iacob'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2014 and 2024, ranked in 9 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #741, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
10births 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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Iacov · #718, 14y
Iago · #1407, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Ekin · #741, 13y
Kaysen · #741, 13y
Petru · #741, 14y
Thorin · #741, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Kaysen · #741, 13y
Petru · #741, 14y
Viaan · #745, 13y
Aavya · #736, 10y

Iacob was ranked #741 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Iacob 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 Iacob without appearing here.

Iacob moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Iacob

Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2076 and #1935.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2014 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #741 in Republic of Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Iacob

Iacob at a glance

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

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Iacob at a glance

Iacob appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

Names published alongside Iacob

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Iacob moved ahead of

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