Jaycob
Masculine · “supplanter”
Jaycob respells Jacob, and the Hebrew is a heel — Jacob was born gripping his twin's, and the name records the grip.
How old is the name Jaycob?
Jaycob first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Jaycob alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 4,500 people named Jaycob are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jaycob most popular?
Jaycob peaked in 2012, reaching #888 nationally. Today it ranks #1919, 1,031 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
Where it comes from
From Yaakov to Jaycob
The story of Jaycob
Jacob wrestles the angel, is renamed Israel, and fathers the twelve tribes. The name has never left European use and was among the most-used American boys' names of the 1990s and 2000s. The respellings followed, and Jaycob appears in the registers from that period in current use.
Meaning
supplanter, heel-holder
Through Jacob, from the Hebrew Yaakov, connected in Genesis to aqev, 'heel'. The twin is born holding his brother's heel and later takes his birthright, which the narrative treats as the name fulfilled. The connection is made in the text itself.
How the name formed
- Yaakov
- Jacob
- Jaycob
Related forms: Jacob · Yaakov · Jakob
Pronouncing Jaycob
JAY-kub
Two syllables, stress on the first. Jaycob and Jacob are said identically.
Nicknames for Jaycob
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1981
- Most boys named
- 2012236 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #888reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- +39.7%81 in 2025, from 58
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.
Jaycob in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jacob in English — spelling variant
- Yaakov in Hebrew — related form
- Jakob in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Jaycobs among us
people named Jaycob are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 21,087 born in 2025 was named Jaycob
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Niles test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jaycob's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Niles climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Niles's path sketches the road Jaycob is walking now.
Jaycob 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 Jaycob is headed
Jaycob is easing off slowly — about 26% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Jaycob beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jaycob in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Jacob story is one of the most vivid in Genesis and the gloss is on the page.
- Jake and Jay are two short forms, both with large records.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Jacob is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
- Several respellings of the sound are in circulation.
- It will be corrected to Jacob by other people constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jaycobs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,500 people named Jaycob are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jaycob in 2025?
- Jaycob ranks #1919 among US boy names in 2025, with 81 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jaycob?
- About 1 in every 21,087 US boys born in 2025 was named Jaycob — 81 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jaycob with classmates?
- Jaycob will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jaycob
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