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Jacobi

Masculine · “of Jacob”

Jacobi is given to both — 4,195 boys and 306 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

1973high 2008
#2304 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare60 boys in 2025

Jacobi is the Latin genitive of Jacob — 'of Jacob' — and the Hebrew records that he was born holding his twin's heel.

How old is the name Jacobi?

Jacobi first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Jacobi alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 4,100 people named Jacobi are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Jacobi most popular?

Jacobi peaked in 2008, reaching #1014 nationally. Today it ranks #2304, 1,290 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Jacobi

Jacob is named for grasping his brother's heel at birth, and Esau turns the name against him later. The Latin genitive Jacobi appears in scholarly surnames and became an American given name in the twentieth century. It appears in the registers in current use.

Meaning

of Jacob; heel-holder

From the Latin Jacobi, the genitive of Jacobus, from the Hebrew Ya'aqov, built on aqev, 'heel'. Genesis has him born gripping Esau's heel. The Latin genitive became a surname and then a given name. The Hebrew is documented.

How the name formed

  1. aqev
  2. Ya'aqov
  3. Jacobus
  4. Jacobi

Related forms: Jacobi · Jacoby · Jacob

Pronouncing Jacobi

juh-KOH-bee

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Jacobi and Jacoby are said identically.

Nicknames for Jacobi

Moderate

JakeThe standard English clipping, with a large record
CobyTaken from the back, and a name in its own right with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1973–20251899501896019732025

US babies named Jacobi per year from 1973 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#10141970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1973
Most boys named
2008189 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1014reached in 2008
Change vs 2024
−33.3%60 in 2025, from 90
Jacobi sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2008, with 189 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Jacobi in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Jacobi in Latin — same name
  • Jacoby in English — spelling variant
  • Jacob in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, Florida.

Jacobis among us

4,100

people named Jacobi are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 28,468 born in 2025 was named Jacobi

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Jacobi

#2304
Jacobi on the 2025 chart
#630
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jacobi went to 60 boys in 2025, but Jacoby, Jakobi and Jakoby are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 314, which makes it the 630th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,674 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 5,440 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,468 for Jacobi itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Jovon test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jacobi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jovon climbed just as high around 1981, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jovon's path sketches the road Jacobi is walking now.

40%chance Jacobi will feel dated by 2040
Jacobi, aligned on its peakJovon· peak 1981not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+40 yrsJovon · #5231Jacobi today
Jacobi today is about where Jovon stood in 1998 — 17 years past a #1014-sized peak. By 2013, Jovon had settled around #3317.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Jacobi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Jacobi is headed

19732030

US babies named Jacobi per year, 1973 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Jacobi should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-10% by 2030projected around #2,591 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Jacobi beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Jacobi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Jacobithis name60#2304Zian60#2304Avion60#2304Lex60#2304Joab60#2304

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the name records a detail of the birth itself is a first-rate piece of Genesis.
  • Jake and Coby are two short forms, both with real records.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • It is a Latin case form rather than a name in its own right.
  • Jacoby and Jacobi are both in circulation.
  • Jacob is what English speakers will substitute.

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Frequently asked

How many Jacobis are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,100 people named Jacobi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Jacobi?
Jacobi is one of 4 recorded spellings. Jacoby is the more common one — 126 births in 2025 against 60 for Jacobi.
How popular is the name Jacobi in 2025?
Jacobi ranks #2304 among US boy names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Jacobi?
About 1 in every 28,468 US boys born in 2025 was named Jacobi — 60 in all.
Will my child share the name Jacobi with classmates?
Jacobi will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Jacobi

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