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Jakob

“Variant of Jacob — Supplanter, or holder of the heel” — Hebrew, via Greek and Latin origin

Boy's name · #1370 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Jakob has appeared in US records since 1957 — best rank #172 (2001) · 31,959 babies named Jakob all-time · 1 in 13,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #4 in Slovenia (2025) · #5 in Austria (2025) · #9 in Norway (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jakobs

• Jakob Böhme — German Christian mystic and theologian (1575-1624)
• Jakob Roggeveen — Dutch Pacific Ocean explorer
• Jakob Wassermann — German writer (1873-1934)
• Jakob Steiner — Swiss mathematician (1796-1863)
• Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen — Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner

In stories & tradition

• Jakob (Jacob) — Lost
• Jakob Maria Mierscheid — apocryphal biographical entry
• Jakob Hyrnek — Bartimaeus Sequence

What Jakobs become

Among 3,802 notable people named Jakob:

Business leaders appear 2.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jakob Fugger, German merchant (1459-1526).

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