Jakob
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, also spelled Jacob.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jakob (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jakob has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 416 |
| 1999 | 406 |
| 2000 | 342 |
| 2001 | 309 |
| 2002 | 321 |
| 2003 | 311 |
| 2004 | 292 |
| 2005 | 221 |
| 2006 | 241 |
| 2007 | 231 |
| 2008 | 197 |
| 2009 | 167 |
| 2010 | 175 |
| 2011 | 138 |
| 2012 | 155 |
| 2013 | 124 |
| 2014 | 107 |
| 2015 | 117 |
| 2016 | 101 |
| 2017 | 90 |
| 2018 | 100 |
| 2019 | 80 |
| 2020 | 96 |
| 2021 | 83 |
| 2022 | 84 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 6,651 |
| 2000 | 6,982 |
| 2001 | 7,306 |
| 2002 | 7,658 |
| 2003 | 7,976 |
| 2004 | 8,285 |
| 2005 | 8,498 |
| 2006 | 8,723 |
| 2007 | 8,965 |
| 2008 | 9,146 |
| 2009 | 9,299 |
| 2010 | 9,455 |
| 2011 | 9,586 |
| 2012 | 9,734 |
| 2013 | 9,840 |
| 2014 | 9,956 |
| 2015 | 10,057 |
| 2016 | 10,147 |
| 2017 | 10,236 |
| 2018 | 10,321 |
| 2019 | 10,393 |
| 2020 | 10,478 |
Jakob in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jakob.Hi! My name is Jakob.
- Jakob har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jakob has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Jakob i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Jakob this afternoon.
- Jakobs mamma är lärare.Jakob's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jakobs mamma is Jakob's mum.
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Questions about Jakob
How do you pronounce Jakob in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jakob in your device's Swedish voice. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jakob mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, also spelled Jacob.
How popular is Jakob in Sweden?
84 babies were named Jakob in 2022. In 2020, 10,478 people in Sweden had Jakob as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.