Yakov

Boy's name · #1286 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Yakov reached its best rank, #1195, in 2024 and ranked #1286 in 2025. About 3,400 boys have carried it since 1953.

In recent years, Yakov ran 5–14× its national rate in New York and New Jersey.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

See how Yakov ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,006 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,841 in Canada (2024).

Yakov Zeldovich — Soviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914–1987)
Yakov Sverdlov — Soviet politician
Yakov Dzhugashvili — First child of Josef Stalin (1907–1943)
Yakov Sinai — Russian-American mathematician
Yakov Protazanov — Russian film director and screenwriter (1881–1945)

Among 611 notable people named Yakov:

Military figures appear 5.95× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yakov Smushkevich, Soviet politician (1902–1941).

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