JACOB is ranked as the 381st most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 170,896.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 53.6 people named JACOB for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 84% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JACOB is 815,665.
The SSA data also shows that JACOB is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JACOB is
78.2% White,
7.5% Hispanic origin,
10.0% Black,
2.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JACOB have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JACOB is included in the following name categories:
Biblical surname
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common Danish masculine given name - DST Data
Masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JACOB
The state with the most people named
JACOB is
California where
15,592 people have this name.
Utah is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JACOB, as
127.76 in every 100,000
Utahns
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
Utah is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Mississippi
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JACOB
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
6,862
53.28
99.4%
Indiana
4,132
62.64
99.0%
Iowa
2,596
83.55
98.9%
Kansas
1,751
60.3
97.9%
Michigan
6,224
62.8
99.6%
Minnesota
4,946
90.63
99.4%
Missouri
1,004
33.53
97.4%
Nebraska
940
49.93
96.8%
North Dakota
611
82.65
94.7%
Ohio
6,343
54.7
99.2%
South Dakota
398
46.64
93.1%
Wisconsin
4,660
80.93
99.3%
West States
State stats for the first name JACOB
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
717
97.29
95.4%
Arizona
3,494
51.91
98.6%
California
15,592
40.18
99.6%
Colorado
3,606
67.33
98.9%
Hawaii
783
55.13
98.2%
Idaho
1,257
76.91
97.5%
Montana
635
62.08
95.4%
Nevada
1,321
46.52
97.9%
New Mexico
1,399
67.06
97.4%
Oregon
2,864
72.14
98.7%
Utah
3,760
127.76
99.0%
Washington
4,649
65.83
99.4%
Wyoming
420
71.83
94.3%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JACOB
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JACOB as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JACOB.
The most popular full name is JACOB Smith.
0.86% of all the people named JACOB
have this family name.
There are 17356 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name JACOB