Jacobson

Boys' name

Jacob with the suffix -son

Jacobson has been given to 35 babies in the U.S. since 1990. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2010, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Jacobson, 2019

1 in 579,000

Jacobson over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jacobson: meaning, origin, and history

Jacob with the suffix -son

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jacobson means

Jacobson is formed from Jacob with the suffix -son.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Jacob + -son. From Middle English Jacobson. Medieval English patronymic surname "son of Jacob". In the U.S. adopted by immigrants with similar family names, such as Swedish Jakobsson, Danish and Norwegian Jacobsen (or Jakobsen).

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Origin, language, and formation

Jacobson is used in English.

Jacobson comes through Middle English Jacobson, Swedish Jakobsson and Norwegian Jacobsen.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jacob.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Jacobson is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəbsən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 35 boys were recorded with the name Jacobson between 1990 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2010; its best national rank was #8,654 in 1990.

How common is Jacobson?

Jacobson had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019: 1 in 579,000; 6 of 3,472,229 births
Among boys only: 1 in 299,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2019: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 401,129 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jacobson 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 2019 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 401,129 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jacobson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jacobsons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jacobson was born before 2010 — so the typical Jacobson is around 15 today.

Median birth year: 2010; About 15 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 54.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 85.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 35; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 54.3% of all recorded uses (19).

Is Jacobson 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2010 (7)
Years since peak: 15; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #8,654; 1990

Spellings of Jacobson

Jacobson is not the most common spelling — Jackson is, with 98.8% against Jacobson's 0.01%.

Jackson98.8%297,220
Jacobo1.2%3,486
Jacobson0.01%35

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.

Jacobson by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,654; 1990
Peak year: 2010; 7 that year
First recorded: 1990
Last recorded: 2019
All-time count: 35
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jacobson

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

Jaceson Jacaerys Jacson Jacaiden Jacorius Jacarii Jacaius Jacquees Jacarion Jacayden Jacorien Jackjohn Jacarter Jhettson Jacieon Jacquise Enderson Eliason Jacarious Coalson Jacquell Jacaleb Jacolbi Jacobian

Sibling names for Jacobson

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

For a sister

Hayleigh Heidy Carleigh Paityn Shaniya Lailah Kayleen Ivana

For a brother

Rylee Giovanny Zavier Tristian Aaden Chace Teagan Konner

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