Popularity in Northern Ireland
Numbers
| Jacob (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2023 | #23 | 0.657 | |
| 2022 | #19 | 0.739 | |
| 2021 | #16 | 0.811 | |
| 2020 | #13 | 0.938 | |
| 2019 | #7 | 1.243 | |
| 2018 | #5 | 1.326 | |
| 2017 | #5 | 1.513 | |
| 2016 | #7 | 1.392 | |
| 2015 | #12 | 1.081 | |
| 2014 | #9 | 1.180 | |
| 2013 | #8 | 1.292 | |
| 2012 | #12 | 1.169 | |
| 2011 | #22 | 0.865 | |
| 2010 | #24 | 0.821 | |
| 2009 | #51 | 0.492 | |
| 2008 | #45 | 0.523 | |
| 2007 | #64 | 0.407 | |
| 2006 | #61 | 0.441 | |
| 2005 | #62 | 0.467 | |
| 2004 | #69 | 0.392 | |
| 2003 | #72 | 0.365 | |
| 2002 | #86 | 0.267 | |
| 2001 | #91 | 0.257 | |
| 2000 | #72 | 0.360 | |
| 1999 | #95 | 0.234 | |
| 1998 | #77 | 0.315 | |
| 1997 | #94 | 0.203 | |
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