Yaqoub

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yaqoub: Recorded since 2008, it reached #1,492 in 2020, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#1492highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#3158
2009	#3744
2010	#3332
2011	#3300
2012	#3987
2013	#3822
2015	#4747
2016	#2175
2018	#1991
2019	#2728
2020	#1492
2021	#3017
2022	#3048
2023	#2007
2024	#2671

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 15 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #3158 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #1492 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 2008–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yaqoub 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 Yaqoub in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010s	49	8 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	47	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Yaqoub 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 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1492 in England and Wales in 2020.

Yaqoub'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	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 2008 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,492, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births 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.

Arlow · #1492, 15y
Motty · #1492, 17y
Kirat · #1491, 17y
Lavender · #1491, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Kirat · #1491, 17y
Ohemaa · #1491, 15y
Zyra · #1491, 13y
Eldana · #1497, 16y

Yaqoub 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 Yaqoub without appearing here.

Yaqoub moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4991.
Madison Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3822 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1991 and #4749.
Nicola Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2175 and #4810.

Moved ahead of Yaqoub

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.
Leif Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1492 and #1548 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #1782.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1492 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #2125.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1461.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1492 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yaqoub

Yaqoub at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yaqoub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yaqoub appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Yaqoub and the names beside it

Yaqoub moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Yaqoub

Yaqoub at a glance

Yaqoub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yaqoub appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Yaqoub and the names beside it

Yaqoub moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Yaqoub