Jakobi

Meaning: Supplanter, or holder of the heel
Origin: Respelling of Jacobi (from Hebrew)

Boy's name · #1657 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Jakobi is near its high-water mark: it reached #1181 in 2022 and still ranked #1657 in 2025. About 2,700 boys have carried it since 1993.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jakobis

Jakobi Meyers — American football player (born 1996)

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Jacoby (#1430) and Jacobi (#2318), Jakobi would rank around #853 with about 290 births last year — the newborns split about 44/35/21 across Jacoby, Jakobi, and Jacobi.

Similar names: Jacoby · Demari · Jacari · Crosby · Zayvion · Jaxtyn

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