Jaycob is a boy name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Jaycob means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Jaycob across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Jaycob has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Jaycob is a boy name of Hebrew origin meaning “variant of Jacob, supplanter”. A modern respelling of Jacob, from the Hebrew Yaakov.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 4,519 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 189 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Jaycob per year, United States (1981 to 2025). United States peaked in 2012 (236/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2012 (21/yr).
Jaycob is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2012, when it ranked #1,934 nationally (given to 257 babies that year).
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