Jacob in California
Babies in California
111,132
since 1912
Rank in California · 2025
—
recorded as girls
#41
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1998
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Jacob in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 744 | 41 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 860 | 33 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 933 | 27 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 1,031 | 29 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 1,225 | 16 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 1,304 | 14 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 1,668 | 11 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 1,721 | 10 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 2,072 | 7 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 2,274 | 6 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 2,565 | 2 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 2,723 | 2 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 2,891 | 1 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 2,985 | 1 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 3,172 | 1 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 3,355 | 1 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 2,976 | 4 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 3,029 | 4 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 3,123 | 4 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 3,202 | 4 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 3,114 | 8 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 3,340 | 5 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 3,369 | 5 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,908 | 3,385 | 5 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 3,385 | 5 |
| 2000 | 10 | 2,019 | 3,520 | 6 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 3,477 | 7 |
| 1998 | 7 | 2,478 | 3,568 | 5 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,430 | 3,246 | 10 |
| 1996 | 9 | 2,094 | 2,987 | 13 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 3,151 | 11 |
| 1994 | 11 | 1,869 | 2,954 | 14 |
| 1993 | 14 | 1,626 | 2,774 | 18 |
| 1992 | 13 | 1,694 | 2,528 | 23 |
| 1991 | 10 | 2,025 | 2,435 | 26 |
| 1990 | 12 | 1,781 | 2,116 | 28 |
| 1989 | 15 | 1,457 | 1,725 | 31 |
| 1988 | 15 | 1,360 | 1,551 | 36 |
| 1987 | 10 | 1,690 | 1,346 | 36 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 1,328 | 37 |
| 1985 | 5 | 2,491 | 1,092 | 43 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 1,098 | 39 |
| 1983 | 9 | 1,614 | 1,067 | 42 |
| 1982 | 9 | 1,618 | 974 | 44 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 944 | 45 |
| 1980 | 6 | 2,007 | 901 | 44 |
| 1979 | 6 | 1,969 | 779 | 51 |
| 1978 | 6 | 1,854 | 715 | 50 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 688 | 50 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 588 | 56 |
| 1975 | 6 | 1,695 | 521 | 66 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 407 | 76 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 313 | 94 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 286 | 103 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 169 | 173 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 142 | 208 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 83 | 269 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 58 | 323 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 41 | 388 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 41 | 373 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 38 | 409 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 39 | 408 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 39 | 414 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 46 | 379 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 35 | 417 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 33 | 427 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 31 | 420 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 31 | 412 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 20 | 493 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 33 | 370 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 29 | 379 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 29 | 359 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 34 | 331 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 27 | 359 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 16 | 438 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 18 | 413 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 21 | 369 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 17 | 409 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 16 | 415 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 17 | 381 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 12 | 434 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 6 | 579 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 16 | 359 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 12 | 388 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 12 | 355 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 8 | 425 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 5 | 520 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 9 | 386 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 12 | 308 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 8 | 372 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 9 | 347 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 9 | 329 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 12 | 280 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 10 | 332 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 5 | 494 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 9 | 366 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 6 | 477 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 8 | 383 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 14 | 277 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 16 | 262 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 9 | 378 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 12 | 298 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 12 | 273 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 6 | 412 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 10 | 286 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 14 | 216 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 7 | 308 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 7 | 302 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 9 | 246 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 10 | 221 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 6 | 264 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 11 | 146 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 7 | 178 |