Yakub

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yakub: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,455 in 2018, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1455highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
2001	#3134
2004	#3651
2005	#2418
2006	#3385
2007	#3589
2008	#2097
2009	#1859
2010	#3332
2011	#1788
2012	#1669
2013	#1539
2014	#2248
2015	#1786
2016	#2335
2017	#2734
2018	#1455
2019	#2488
2020	#1635
2021	#1984
2022	#2165
2023	#1906
2024	#1460

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 23 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 #2863 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: #1455 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yakub 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 Yakub 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	40	7 of 10	6
2010s	109	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	65	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Yakub 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: #1455 in England and Wales in 2018.

Yakub'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	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	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	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,455, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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 →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,460position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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.

Yair · #2863, 12y
Yakov · #1158, 28y
Yakup · #2960, 11y
Yalda · #2392, 17y

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.

Maahir · #1455, 18y
Alaska · #1454, 23y
Eithan · #1454, 27y
Faaris · #1454, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alaska · #1454, 23y
Ediz · #1454, 29y
Eithan · #1454, 27y
Faaris · #1454, 28y

Yakub 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 Yakub without appearing here.

Yakub moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #5119.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3589 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1786 and #4747.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1859 and #4527.
Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3332 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2248 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Yakub

Aksel Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1786 and #1902 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #1431.

Moved the opposite way to Yakub

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakub went from #2863 to #1460 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakub went from #2863 to #1460 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakub went from #2863 to #1460 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakub went from #2863 to #1460 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Yakub

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakub went from #2863 to #1460 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakub went from #2863 to #1460 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakub went from #2863 to #1460 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yakub went from #2863 to #1460 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1455 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Yakub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Yakub at a glance

Yakub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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