Jakob

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

Boy's name · #1372 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Jakob's best rank, #172, came in 2001; it has stepped well back to #1372 today. Roughly 32,000 boys have been named Jakob since 1957. Jakob is a rare spelling of Jacob — about 2% of babies given the name are written this way; Jacob itself ranked #43 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 3,805 notable people named Jakob:

Business leaders appear 2.6× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jakob Fugger, German merchant (1459-1526).

Similar names: Jacoby · Nikolas · Jaquan · Markus · Jadon · Jordy

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