Description of the name "Jacob"
Jacob is most popular name in Idaho of US for all generations. And most popular Boy name of Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers) in MidWest. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is decreasing, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is decreasing.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) falling for male in South, stalled for female in South, and too falling for male in Southstalled for female in South
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The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Jacob"
Years where ranks are the same does not imply that the number of births are the same. Data are missing for 4 years where the name Howard is not in the top 1000 most popular names. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.The rankings of the name "Jacob" by years
Name Rankings by Generations
In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Jacob" is 142nd out of 1480 names.In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Jacob" is 239th out of 1233 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Jacob" is 332nd out of 1280 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Jacob" is 105th out of 1316 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Jacob" is 20th out of 1329 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Jacob" is 1st out of 1377 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Jacob" is 8th out of 1201 names.
Name Rankings by Generations and regions
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 84th out of 1201 names of Boy.In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 113th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of South, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 114th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of West, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 67th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 13th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 38th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of South, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 20th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of West, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 19th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 1st out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 6th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of South, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 1st out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of South, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 321st out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of West, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 1st out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 19th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 3rd out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of South, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 7th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of West, the popularity of name "Jacob" is 9th out of 1201 names of Boy.
Popularities by states
In here, popularity refers to the value obtained by dividing the number of births with that name in a particular state by the total number of births in that state. Therefore, it represents an absolute value of popularity unaffected by population.