Jacoby Boy
How popular is Jacoby?
#1,425 boy name in 2025
126 baby boys were named Jacoby in the US in 2025, making it the 1425th most popular boy name.
Jacoby popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,425 for boys (▼ 104 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 126 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #656 in 2015, #910 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (691 boys) |
| Highest rank | #422 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1959 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jacoby counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jacoby family of names ranked #727 for boys in 2025 (#618 the year before), with 333 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jacoby is most popular
Babies named Jacoby per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.2 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 boys)
Jacoby by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1960s | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1970s | 189 | #1,464 |
| 1980s | 762 | #915 |
| 1990s | 1,673 | #726 |
| 2000s | 3,232 | #422 |
| 2010s | 4,178 | #474 |
| 2020s | 1,111 | #885 |
Boy names about as popular as Jacoby
Questions
- Is Jacoby a boy or girl name?
- Jacoby is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jacoby were boys.
- How popular is the name Jacoby?
- 126 baby boys were named Jacoby in the US in 2025, making it the 1425th most popular boy name.
- When was Jacoby most popular?
- Jacoby peaked in 2008, when 691 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #422 in 2008.
- How many people are named Jacoby?
- 11,281 babies have been named Jacoby in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,090 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Jacoby most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jacoby was most common in Louisiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.