Jacopo

Boys' name

He will/shall heel

Jacopo has been given to 11 babies in the U.S. since 2001. 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 2001, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Jacopo, 2010

1 in 739,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jacopo: meaning, origin, and history

He will/shall heel

Hebrew

What Jacopo means

Jacopo means “he will/shall heel”, associated with yaʿăqōḇ.

Origin, language, and formation

Jacopo is used in Italian. Its origins include Hebrew.

Jacopo comes through Late Latin Iacobus, Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος and Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include James.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Jacopo is pronounced /ˈja.ko.po/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11 boys were recorded with the name Jacopo between 2001 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2001; its best national rank was #9,749 in 2001.

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.

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How common is Jacopo?

Jacopo had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2010: 1 in 739,000; 5 of 3,695,928 births
Among boys only: 1 in 384,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2010: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 512,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jacopo 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 2010 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 512,366 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jacopo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jacopos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jacopo was born before 2001 — so the typical Jacopo is around 24 today.

Median birth year: 2001; About 24 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 11; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Jacopo 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 2001 (6)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #9,749; 2001

Spellings of Jacopo

Jacopo is not the most common spelling — Jacob is, with 97.8% against Jacopo's <0.01%.

Jacob97.8%988,227
Jacoby1.1%11,161
Jacobi0.42%4,195
Jacobo0.34%3,486
Jacobe0.13%1,300
Jacory0.12%1,259
Jacori0.10%1,054
Jacopo<0.01%11

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.

Jacopo around the world

Where Jacopo 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
2000–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
2004–2021
#5,258
in 2021

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Jacopo 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: #9,749; 2001
Peak year: 2001; 6 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2010
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jacopo

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

Jacaius Jacarii Jacent Jacqui Jacelyn Jacare Jacary Jaccari Jacore Jacarr Jacodi Jacole Jacoub Jacxon Jaceir Jacab Jacksin Jacyeon Jacop Jacoy Jacan Jaceton Jacsen Jacinth

Sibling names for Jacopo

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

Magaly Nyah Sheridan Lesli Nya Shyann Alysa Danae

For a brother

Destin Cristobal Dallin Donavon Coby Kevon Zakary Keyon

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