Yacob

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yacob: Recorded since 2001, it reached #2,403 in 2013, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#2403highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2587
2003	#3467
2005	#3849
2006	#3385
2007	#3589
2008	#2775
2009	#2544
2012	#2721
2013	#2403
2014	#3362
2016	#3478
2017	#3040
2018	#3412
2019	#2728
2021	#3017
2022	#4001
2023	#2813
2024	#4270

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 18 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #2587 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #2403 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yacob 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 Yacob in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	31	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	43	7 of 10	6
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Yacob 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2403 in England and Wales in 2013.

Yacob'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	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 2001 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,403, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 6 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 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.

Fryderyk · #2403, 16y
Ilyes · #2403, 18y
Jayen · #2403, 20y
Mudasir · #2403, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Fryderyk · #2403, 16y
Ilyes · #2403, 18y
Jayen · #2403, 20y
Mudasir · #2403, 13y

Yacob 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 Yacob without appearing here.

Yacob moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2544 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2721 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Yacob

Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #3254.
Mathias Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #2470.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #2556.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3040 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Yacob

Albie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yacob went from #2587 to #4270 while Albie went from #728 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yacob went from #2587 to #4270 while Alfie went from #54 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yacob went from #2587 to #4270 while Alfred went from #149 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yacob went from #2587 to #4270 while Archie went from #60 to #10.

Moved the same way as Yacob

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yacob went from #2587 to #4270 and Aaron from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yacob went from #2587 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yacob went from #2587 to #4270 and Alan from #270 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yacob went from #2587 to #4270 and Alex from #45 to #171.

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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2403 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Yacob at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yacob by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Yacob at a glance

Yacob by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Yacob and the names beside it

Yacob moved ahead of

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