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Jacob Names for Boys

There are 12 Jacob names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Jacob names 1 to 12. Jacob was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, and Scandinavian, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, and German Joseph, Benjamin, the Hungarian, English, German, and Hebrew Levi, the English Israel, the English and Hebrew Asher, the English, French, and German Simon, the English Judah, Jacoby, and the English and Hebrew name, Reuben. The unusual Jacob names are Naphtali (English and German) and Zebulun (English).

Jacob names are popular baby names for boys. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1950s. At the height of their usage in 1998, 3.820% of baby boys were given Jacob names. There were 10 Jacob names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2007, 10 Jacob names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.895%. Within all Jacob names, the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0955%.

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NAME MATCH:

Jacob Popularity Trend of Jacob
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 1 1 ... Yahweh may protect; ...The boy name Jacob is pronounced as JHEYKahB ...


DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Asher Popularity Trend of Asher
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 233 233 ... happy, blessed; ash ... Asher was a son of Jacob and Leah's handmaid ...

Benjamin Popularity Trend of Benjamin
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 26 26 ... son of the south, son ... was the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel, who went on ...

Israel Popularity Trend of Israel
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 205 205 ... he who struggles with ... by the second son of Jacob in the Bible, who ...

Jacoby Popularity Trend of Jacoby
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 620 620 ... from the first name Jacob. ...

Joseph Popularity Trend of Joseph
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 13 13 ... Yahweh will add (another ... by the 11th son of Jacob in the Old Testament of ...

Judah Popularity Trend of Judah
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 425 425 ... praised, he who is praised ... by the fourth son of Jacob in the Bible, who ...

Levi Popularity Trend of Levi
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 132 132 ... attached, associated, ... by the third son of Jacob and Leah; the latter ...

Naphtali ... wrestling ... by one of the sons of Jacob, in reference to the ...

Reuben Popularity Trend of Reuben
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 939 939 ... behold, a son ... by the eldest son of Jacob and Leah, and thus the ...

Simon Popularity Trend of Simon
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 258 258 ... he who hears, God has ... by one of the sons of Jacob and thus the founder of ...

Zebulun ... exaltation ... by the sixth son of Jacob and Leah, who founded ...



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for Jacob Names
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