Gender
Origin
- Hebrew
- supplanter
Alternate Spellings and Variants of Yakov
Pronunciation
ya-kov
More about the name
Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, Cyrillic: Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Yasha (Cyrillic: Яша) or Yashka (Cyrillic: Яшка) used for Yakov.
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Popularity in the USA
- Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1221, 164 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1281, 153 births)
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 153 |
| 2024 | 164 |
| 2023 | 122 |
| 2022 | 140 |
| 2021 | 118 |
| 2020 | 121 |
| 2019 | 114 |
| 2018 | 130 |
| 2017 | 113 |
| 2016 | 113 |
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 2017 (rank #1210, 22 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1895, 13 births)
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| 2023 | 13 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2021 | 18 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2018 | 14 |
| 2017 | 22 |
| 2016 | 12 |
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 2022 (rank #4262, 4 births)
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2023 | – |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2014 | 3 |
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