# Yakov name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/yakov
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Yakov ranked #1286 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #718.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #1286
- Birth count: 153
- Rate per 10,000: 0.90

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Yaakov
- Rank: #718
- Birth count: 371
- Rate per 10,000: 2.17
- Official count multiplier: 2.42x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.01
- Expected per school of 300: 0.03
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 1.1%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2024
- Best rank year: 2024
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 92.4%

## Spelling components
- Yaakov: 218 births
- Yakov: 153 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology