There are 13 Jacob names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Jacob names 1 to 13. Jacob was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, 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 and Hebrew Asher, Israel, the English, French, and German Simon, the English Judah, Jacoby, and the English, French, German, and Hebrew name, Reuben. The unusual Jacob names are Naphtali (English and German), Zebulun (English), and Zeev (Hebrew). Jacob names are popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1990s. 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. Jacob names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 10 Jacob names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.863%. Within all Jacob names, the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0355%.
NAME MATCH: Jacob  1 | Yahweh may protect; ...The boy name Jacob is pronounced as JHEYKahB ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Asher  206 | happy, blessed; ash ... Asher was a son of Jacob and Leah's handmaid ... |
Benjamin  25 | son of the south, son ... was the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel, who went on ... |
Israel  210 | he who struggles with ... by the second son of Jacob in the Bible, who ... |
Jacoby  423 | from the first name Jacob. ... |
Joseph  13 | Yahweh will add (another ... by the 11th son of Jacob in the Old Testament of ... |
Judah  394 | praised, he who is praised ... by the fourth son of Jacob in the Bible, who ... |
Levi  117 | 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  947 | behold, a son ... by the eldest son of Jacob and Leah, and thus the ... |
Simon  261 | 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 ... |
| Zeev | wolf ... Testament of the Bible, Jacob blessed his son ... |
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