Benjamin or Jacob

Benjamin is the more popular boy name in Canada, #9 to #19 in 2024. Jacob is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #41 to #61 in 2025. Benjamin is the more popular boy name in the USA, #11 to #41 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

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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.

Where each place ranks Benjamin against Jacob, in that place's most recent complete year.BenjaminJacob#1#25#50#100Canada#9 → #19 ↓10England and Wales#61 → #41 ↑20USA#11 → #41 ↓30Alberta#12 → #31 ↓19British Columbia#14 → #55 ↓41Ontario#7 → #23 ↓16Quebec#26 → #11 ↑15
PlaceYear Benjamin Jacob Ahead
Canada2024#9#19Benjamin
England and Wales2025#61#41Jacob
USA2024#11#41Benjamin
Alberta2024#12#31Benjamin
British Columbia2024#14#55Benjamin
Ontario2024#7#23Benjamin
Quebec2024#26#11Jacob

Benjamin and Jacob in Canada, 2020–2024

Benjamin slipped from #4 in 2020 to #9 in 2024 in Canada. Jacob slipped from #9 in 2020 to #19 in 2024 in Canada.

Benjamin and Jacob ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#9 Benjamin#19 Jacob20202021202220232024

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Benjamin and Jacob in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Benjamin slipped from #40 in 2020 to #61 in 2025 in England and Wales. Jacob slipped from #19 in 2020 to #41 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Benjamin and Jacob ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#41 Jacob#61 Benjamin202020212022202320242025

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Benjamin and Jacob in the USA, 2020–2024

Benjamin slipped from #7 in 2020 to #11 in 2024 in the USA. Jacob slipped from #15 in 2020 to #41 in 2024 in the USA.

Benjamin and Jacob ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#11 Benjamin#41 Jacob20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Benjamin
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More head-to-heads with Jacob
Adam or JacobArthur or JacobCharles or JacobEdouard or JacobEmile or JacobEthan or JacobHenry or JacobJack or JacobJacob or JamesJacob or JulesJacob or LaurentJacob or LeoJacob or LeviJacob or LiamJacob or LoganJacob or LouisJacob or LucasJacob or NathanJacob or NoahJacob or OliverJacob or RaphaelJacob or TheoJacob or TheodoreJacob or ThomasJacob or William

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.