Yaqoob

#10,634 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Yaqub

Yaqoob has been given to 80 babies in the U.S. since 2009. In 2025 it ranked #10,634 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Yaqoob, 2025

1 in 474,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Yaqoob: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Yaqub

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Yaqoob means

Yaqoob is a alternate transcription of Yaqub.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Yaqub.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 80 boys were recorded with the name Yaqoob between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2016; its best national rank was #8,122 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,958 in 2020 to #10,634 in 2025.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Yaqoob?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,634; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Yaqoob 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yaqoob. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yaqoobs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yaqoob was born before 2018 — so the typical Yaqoob is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 56.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 80; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 56.3% of all recorded uses (45).

Is Yaqoob 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: +1,654; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,324; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 70.0%; Peak was 2016 (10)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,122; 2016

Spellings of Yaqoob

Yaqoob is not the most common spelling — Yaqub is, with 88.9% against Yaqoob's 11.1%.

Yaqub88.9%642
Yaqoob11.1%80

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.

Yaqoob around the world

Where Yaqoob 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
1996–2025
#2,269
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Yaqoob by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,634
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,324
Best rank ever: #8,122; 2016
Peak year: 2016; 10 that year
First recorded: 2009
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 80
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Yaqoob

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

Yaqoub Yaqeen Yaqub Ayoob

Sibling names for Yaqoob

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

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Adelle Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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