The baby name Jacob appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1999 with 41,157 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Jacob has become more popular compared with earlier years.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 349 |
| 1911 | 321 |
| 1912 | 718 |
| 1913 | 823 |
| 1914 | 1,100 |
| 1915 | 1,283 |
| 1916 | 1,338 |
| 1917 | 1,336 |
| 1918 | 1,432 |
| 1919 | 1,309 |
| 1920 | 1,244 |
| 1921 | 1,319 |
| 1922 | 1,248 |
| 1923 | 1,168 |
| 1924 | 1,190 |
| 1925 | 1,058 |
| 1926 | 973 |
| 1927 | 1,017 |
| 1928 | 876 |
| 1929 | 817 |
| 1930 | 768 |
| 1931 | 719 |
| 1932 | 653 |
| 1933 | 623 |
| 1934 | 643 |
| 1935 | 519 |
| 1936 | 598 |
| 1937 | 672 |
| 1938 | 536 |
| 1939 | 488 |
| 1940 | 610 |
| 1941 | 495 |
| 1942 | 650 |
| 1943 | 556 |
| 1944 | 487 |
| 1945 | 471 |
| 1946 | 432 |
| 1947 | 718 |
| 1948 | 708 |
| 1949 | 613 |
| 1950 | 542 |
| 1951 | 573 |
| 1952 | 676 |
| 1953 | 732 |
| 1954 | 668 |
| 1955 | 756 |
| 1956 | 603 |
| 1957 | 655 |
| 1958 | 599 |
| 1959 | 585 |
| 1960 | 535 |
| 1961 | 471 |
| 1962 | 470 |
| 1963 | 544 |
| 1964 | 599 |
| 1965 | 522 |
| 1966 | 484 |
| 1967 | 470 |
| 1968 | 568 |
| 1969 | 699 |
| 1970 | 893 |
| 1971 | 1,061 |
| 1972 | 1,747 |
| 1973 | 2,304 |
| 1974 | 3,298 |
| 1975 | 3,958 |
| 1976 | 5,055 |
| 1977 | 7,374 |
| 1978 | 5 |
| 1978 | 7,306 |
| 1979 | 9,166 |
| 1980 | 7 |
| 1980 | 10,267 |
| 1981 | 12 |
| 1981 | 10,598 |
| 1982 | 11,273 |
| 1983 | 31 |
| 1983 | 12,776 |
| 1984 | 7 |
| 1984 | 12,519 |
| 1985 | 23 |
| 1985 | 13,183 |
| 1986 | 37 |
| 1986 | 16,270 |
| 1987 | 38 |
| 1987 | 16,144 |
| 1988 | 27 |
| 1988 | 17,825 |
| 1989 | 24 |
| 1989 | 20,165 |
| 1990 | 10 |
| 1990 | 24,321 |
| 1991 | 5 |
| 1991 | 27,939 |
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1992 | 30,426 |
| 1993 | 8 |
| 1993 | 32,390 |
| 1994 | 10 |
| 1994 | 35,253 |
| 1995 | 11 |
| 1995 | 36,707 |
| 1996 | 10 |
| 1996 | 37,737 |
| 1997 | 17 |
| 1997 | 38,646 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 1998 | 40,738 |
| 1999 | 24 |
| 1999 | 41,157 |
| 2000 | 6 |
| 2000 | 38,511 |
| 2001 | 35,912 |
| 2002 | 33,935 |
| 2003 | 6 |
| 2003 | 32,378 |
| 2004 | 142 |
| 2004 | 31,437 |
| 2005 | 18 |
| 2005 | 28,422 |
| 2006 | 28,945 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2007 | 26,408 |
| 2008 | 24,662 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2009 | 23,806 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2010 | 23,572 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2011 | 21,841 |
| 2012 | 22,188 |
| 2013 | 21,014 |
| 2014 | 20,039 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2015 | 19,582 |
| 2016 | 18,575 |
| 2017 | 17,535 |
| 2018 | 14,576 |
| 2019 | 12,971 |
| 2020 | 8,488 |
| 2021 | 9,252 |
| 2022 | 8,310 |
| 2023 | 7,345 |
| 2024 | 6,722 |