Arthur vs Jacob

Jacob is the more popular boy name in Canada, #12 to #20 in 2023. Jacob is the more popular boy name in the United States, #41 to #105 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

ArthurJacob#1#50#100#250Canada#20 → #12 ↑8United States#105 → #41 ↑64Alberta#30 → #31 ↓1British Columbia#38 → #55 ↓17Ontario#50 → #23 ↑27Quebec#7 → #11 ↓4
PlaceYear Arthur Jacob Ahead
Canada2023#20#12Jacob
United States2024#105#41Jacob
Alberta2024#30#31Arthur
British Columbia2024#38#55Arthur
Ontario2024#50#23Jacob
Quebec2024#7#11Arthur

Arthur and Jacob in Canada, 2020–2023

Arthur climbed from #26 in 2020 to #20 in 2023 in Canada. Jacob slipped from #9 in 2020 to #12 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#12 Jacob#20 Arthur2020202120222023

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Arthur and Jacob in the United States, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #163 in 2020 to #105 in 2024 in the United States. Jacob slipped from #15 in 2020 to #41 in 2024 in the United States.

#1#125#250#41 Jacob#105 Arthur20202021202220232024

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How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.