Is Jakobi a boy or girl name?

Jakobi is a boy’s name. Of the 2,695 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.7% were girls and 98.3% were boys.

Jakobi

Recorded 1993–2025 · United States

Jakobi was most popular in 2022, when 179 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,448 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,508, with 101 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,695 people named Jakobi.

Jakobi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jakobi’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jakobi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jakobi is a boy’s name — 1.7% of the 2,695 Americans given it were girls and 98.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jakobi

Where Jakobi is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org