Yakub
Yakub is a distinctive choice, ranked #2440 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Yakub in their class.
About the Name Yakub
Yakub is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 175 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1455 in 2018 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1996.
Yakub is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Yakub in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Yakub
- Yakub Çelebi — Yakub Çelebi was an Ottoman prince and the son of Murad I.
- Yakub Cemil — Yakub Cemil was an Ottoman revolutionary and soldier who assassinated Nazım Pasha during the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état.
- Yakub Kolas Square — The Yakub Kolas Square (Belarusian: Плошча Якуба Коласа - Plošča Jakuba Kolasa) is a square in Pershamayski District of Minsk, located on the crossing of Independence Avenue, Yakub Kolas street and Vera Khoruzhaya street.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Yakub
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Yakub
Almost certainly the only Yakub in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
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