Yakov

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yakov: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #1,158 in 2011, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1158highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
1998	#2901
1999	#1664
2000	#1889
2001	#1746
2002	#1651
2003	#1771
2004	#3009
2005	#3208
2006	#1744
2007	#2023
2008	#1511
2009	#4527
2010	#1551
2011	#1158
2012	#1756
2013	#1539
2014	#1630
2015	#2020
2016	#1903
2017	#1210
2018	#1683
2019	#1986
2020	#1935
2021	#1391
2022	#1781
2023	#1799
2024	#1322

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 every year from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2337 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1158 among boys in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yakov 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 Yakov in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	73	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	149	10 of 10	15
2020s	75	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Yakov 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1158 in England and Wales in 2011.

Yakov'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1391	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1210	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,158, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

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 →
28 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,322position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 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.

Hannan · #1158, 26y
Yitzchok · #1158, 29y
Cobey · #1156, 23y
Delphi · #1160, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Hannan · #1158, 26y
Yitzchok · #1158, 29y
Charlea · #1160, 15y
Delphi · #1160, 27y

Yakov 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 Yakov without appearing here.

Yakov moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Graeme Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1158 and #4647.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1539 and #4685.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1551 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Yakov

Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1771 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1347.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1391 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1781 and #967.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #848.
Mathias Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1158 and #1209 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1756 and #1119.

Moved the opposite way to Yakov

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakov went from #2337 to #1322 while Aaron went from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakov went from #2337 to #1322 while Adam went from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakov went from #2337 to #1322 while Alan went from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakov went from #2337 to #1322 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Yakov

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakov went from #2337 to #1322 and Albie from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakov went from #2337 to #1322 and Alfie from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakov went from #2337 to #1322 and Alfred from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakov went from #2337 to #1322 and Archie from #141 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1158 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yakov

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Yakov by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Yakov at a glance

Yakov by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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