Yaacov
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yaacov is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Qatar it is the 6th most common given name.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 156as יעקב(inferred from the name graph)
- QAQatar≈1 in 221as יעקב
- USUnited States1 in 413as Jacob
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Yaacov itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #901 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 227 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 156 (inferred from the name graph)
805,730 named Jacob, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Israel, est., as יעקב
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled יעקב in IL Israel, MA Morocco, QA Qatar and 1 more, Yakov in US United States, Яков in RU Russia and Jakov in SI Slovenia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yaacov counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 805,730as Jacob | 1 in 413 | 805K | Yakov | 227 |
| IL Israel | #7 | ≈56,000 est. | ≈1 in 156 | 10K | יעקב | 104 |
| RU Russia | #149 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | #61 | Яков | 179 |
| RO Romania | #51 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 531 | — | יעקב | 7 |
| MA Morocco | #66 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | יעקב | 5 |
| DK Denmark | — | 20,316as Jacob | 1 in 289 | 20K | — | 4 |
| QA Qatar | #6 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 221 | — | יעקב | 1 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 6,201as Jakob | 1 in 339 | 6.3K | Jakov | 6 |
805,730 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling jacob. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- James the Justb. 100ILnot in their usual nameJewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity
- James the Lessb. 100ILnot in their usual nameChristian saint
- Ya'ackov Ben-Dovb. 1882ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli photographer
- Jacob Talmonb. 1916PLnot in their usual namehistorian of Modern Age, political scientist, pedagogue, penman, university teacher (1916-1980)
- Yakov Springerb. 1921ILnot in their usual nameMunich Massacre victim (1921–1972)
- Yaacov Agamb. 1928ILIsraeli sculptor and experimental artist (1928-2026)
- Jacob Zivb. 1931ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli computer scientist (1931–2023)
- Yaaqov Medanb. 1950ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli rabbi
- Ya'akov Katzb. 1951ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
- Yaakov Katzb. 1979ILnot in their usual nameAmerican-born Israeli journalist and author
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 304 | #29,211 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2000 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2002 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1987 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1985 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1981 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1979 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 6 | — |
Reference works 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Yaacov a male or female name?
- Yaacov is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Yaacov have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 806 thousand people named Jacob, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Yaacov?
- In the United States, the national register counted 805,730 people named Jacob in 2020, about 1 in 413 residents.
- How common is Yaacov compared with other names?
- In Qatar, Yaacov is the 6th most common given name of 12,797 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yaacovThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yaacov” — the 6th most common given name in Qatar. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.