Yacob comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Supplanter | Formal: Usurper or Deceiver.
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How popular is Yacob?
2017peak year
Yacob first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1990. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2017, 18 babies received the name (ranked #5285). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #9723), with roughly 9 babies named Yacob each year. Yacob has been declining in recent years. In total, around 202 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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