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Jacobi

#2,318 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jacobi has been given to 4,501 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #2,318 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 189 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Jacobi, 2025

1 in 55,300

Jacobi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jacobi over time

In 2025, Jacobi went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19732025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jacobi: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jacobi means

Jacobi is a given name.

The naming story behind Jacobi

Wikidata records Jacobi as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q30510238, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,195 boys were recorded with the name Jacobi between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 189 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,017 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,419 in 2020 to #2,318 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,304 in 2015 to #2,318 in 2025.

In the United States, 306 girls were recorded with the name Jacobi between 1982 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1992; its best national rank was #4,741 in 1992.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jacobi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 55,300
60 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 28,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,318
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
38,299 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jacobi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 38,299 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jacobi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jacobis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jacobi was born before 2009 — so the typical Jacobi is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,195
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.8% of all recorded uses (1,420).

Is Jacobi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−507
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−899
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,014
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.44×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
31.7%
Peak was 2008 (189)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,017
2008

Spellings of Jacobi

Jacobi is not the most common spelling — Jacob is, with 92.9% against Jacobi's 0.39%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jacobi is used

Across 2016–2025, Jacobi was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 6,250 boys, against 1 in 14,543 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

116 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 6,250
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 7,143
  3. 3Illinois1 in 7,692
  4. 4Missouri1 in 9,091
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 9,091
  6. 6Alabama1 in 12,500
  7. 7Florida1 in 12,500
  8. 8Michigan1 in 12,500

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Jacobi around the world

Where Jacobi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2023
    #4,108
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2007–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1997–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jacobi

People whose public names include Jacobi, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jacobi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,318
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 899
Best rank ever
#1,017
2008
Peak year
2008
189 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,195
Count in 2025
60

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,741
1992
Peak year
1992
21 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
306
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jacobi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JacoboJacariJacqueJacobyJacintoJacobeJackyJacoryJaceonJacenJacielJacoreyJacoriJacquesJacquezJakobiJacolbyJachinJacionJachaiJacksenJaceyonJacekJaceion

Names with a curve like Jacobi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jacobi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GeovanniSebastienAleksanderKeelanKyronMaxxHagenKhristianDezmondEanNeelImmanuel

Sibling names for Jacobi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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