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Jakub

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
he who supplants
Czech

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Jakub

Pronunciation

j(a)-kub

More about the name

Jakub is a masculine given name. It is the Polish, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak and Bosnian form of the name Jacob.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #1029, 184 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3240, 36 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202536
202439
202339
202249
202155
202047
201944
201859
201776
201679

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #124, 501 births); most recent 2025 (rank #573, 68 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202568
202468
2023100
2022130
2021168
2020203
2019233
2018329
2017372
2016373

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #1819, 14 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4241, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
20214
20205
20195
201811
201710
20168
20156
20149

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #57, 160 births); most recent 2025 (rank #360, 10 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
202510
202412
202316
202217
202127
202027
201933
201859
201752
201664

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2013 (rank #129, 48 births); most recent 2025 (rank #495, 6 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20256
202411
20239
202215
20219
202016
201919
201826
201740
201634

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #111, 26 births); most recent 2024 (rank #404, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
20243
2023–
20226
20214
20207
20196
20188
201718
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #411, 7 births); most recent 2007 (rank #551, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence