Jacoby

Where Jacoby comes from

The dictionaries list Jacoby as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1959
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Jacoby Shaddix born
    American singer, songwriter and rapper
  3. 1983
    Jacoby Ellsbury born
    American baseball player
  4. 2008
    Peak, #422
    691 babies named Jacoby — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #732.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Jacoby Shaddix · American singer, songwriter and rapper, born 1976
  • Jacoby Ellsbury · American baseball player, born 1983
  • Jacoby Jones · American football player, 1984–2024
  • Jacoby Brissett · American football player, born 1992
  • Jacoby Ford · American football player, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.