Given name & surname
Yacoub
“he who supplants”
Yacoub is a variant of Yaakov. In Hebrew use, Yaakov carries the interpretation “he who supplants.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yacoub is a variant of Yaakov. In Hebrew use, Yaakov carries the interpretation “he who supplants.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yacoub through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 278
- 278 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,433 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,433 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 462 as a first name in 2020; 2,150 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Yacoub
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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