Jacoby
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #1,425 for boys in 2025, 126 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 691 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,161since 1959
Jacoby over time
Rank among boys' names. Jacoby has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,425 | 126 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,321 | 146 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,192 | 169 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,209 | 164 | |
| 2021 | — | #885 | 261 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #910 | 245 |
| 2019 | — | #868 | 254 | |
| 2018 | — | #837 | 266 | |
| 2017 | — | #785 | 299 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #732 | 334 |
| 2015 | — | #656 | 394 | |
| 2014 | — | #589 | 468 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #485 | 569 |
| 2012 | — | #522 | 503 | |
| 2011 | — | #485 | 543 | |
| 2010 | — | #474 | 548 | |
| 2009 | — | #444 | 630 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #422 | 691 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #622 | 395 |
| 2006 | — | #915 | 210 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #892 | 202 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #824 | 216 |
| 2003 | — | #760 | 233 | |
| 2002 | — | #770 | 224 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #734 | 237 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #824 | 194 |
| 1999 | — | #863 | 175 | |
| 1998 | — | #764 | 209 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #951 | 141 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #868 | 159 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #887 | 152 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #822 | 167 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #757 | 190 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #728 | 201 |
| 1991 | — | #853 | 150 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #907 | 129 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #940 | 117 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #916 | 108 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #990 | 92 |
| 1986 | — | #954 | 92 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,020 | 80 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,060 | 71 |
| 1983 | — | #916 | 93 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,654 | 36 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,479 | 42 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,464 | 41 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,508 | 38 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,948 | 24 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
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| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jacoby! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1960, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Jacoby
- 104 spots since 2024 (#1,321 → #1,425)
- 515 spots since 2020 (#910 → #1,425)
- 769 spots since 2015 (#656 → #1,425)
- Biggest jump: 738 spots in 1983 (#1,654 → #916)
- Biggest drop: 324 spots in 2022 (#885 → #1,209)
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2008 at #422 (691 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1986–2021
- Highest: 1 in 2,952 boys born in 2008 were named Jacoby (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,556 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 37.4% of all boys named Jacoby (4,178) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9 | #2,821 (1959) | #2,821 |
| 1960s | 7 | #3,356 (1961) | #3,356 |
| 1970s | 189 | #1,464 (1979) | #2,769 |
| 1980s | 762 | #916 (1988) | #1,174 |
| 1990s | 1,673 | #728 (1992) | #840 |
| 2000s | 3,232 | #422 (2008) | #721 |
| 2010s | 4,178 | #474 (2010) | #643 |
| 2020s | 1,111 | #885 (2021) | #1,157 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jacoby in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 280,636 of them was named Jacoby, which outranked 24.9% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,153Zeina7
- #8,153Zella7
- #8,153Zuleima7
- #9,144Jacoby6
- #9,144Abi6
- #9,144Addison6
- #9,144Adea6
- #10,422Aamina5
- #10,422Abimbola5
- #10,422Abrea5
Tied with 1,277 names at #9,144; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 25,420 of them was named Jacoby, which outranked 85.6% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,054Homer72
- #1,054Orion72
- #1,054Thad72
- #1,060Jacoby71
- #1,060Dandre71
- #1,060Jairo71
- #1,060Kennith71
- #1,069Demarco70
- #1,069Forest70
- #1,069Hayden70
Tied with 8 names at #1,060; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.