Over the past 110 years, 931 920 boys and 618 girls have been named Jacob. The name Jacob ranks 31th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Jacob in 1910. The peak of popularity of the name Jacob came in the 1990s and 2000s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.