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Jakobe vs Amelia

How Jakobe and Amelia compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

Open Name Tournament

Jakobe

Female · German

Meaning: Feminine Form Of Jakoh

Amelia

Female · German

Meaning: Defender ANSELMA

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Jakobe (boys) vs Amelia (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Jakobe Amelia
Peak year (most US births) 2020 — 273 boys 2021 — 13,032 girls
Peak rank #836 #4
Most recent rank (2021) #948 (238 births) #4 (12,699 births)
Total US births since 1880 2,360 204,529
Last 10 years (2012–2021) 715 124,049

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Amelia reached 13,032 US births in 2021 — 12,759 more than Jakobe's peak count.

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name list.

Jakobe — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Mississippi #368 34
2 Alabama #532 75
3 South Carolina #612 42
4 Oklahoma #622 26
5 Kentucky #644 17

Amelia — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Louisiana #3 1,899
2 Alaska #3 333
3 Indiana #3 2,887
4 West Virginia #3 747
5 Kentucky #3 1,855

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →