Jacob vs Raphael

Jacob is the more popular boy name in Canada, #12 to #63 in 2023. Jacob is the more popular boy name in the United States, #41 to #420 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.

JacobRaphael#1#100#250#500Canada#12 → #63 ↓51United States#41 → #420 ↓379Alberta#31 → #153 ↓122British Columbia#55 → #346 ↓291Ontario#23 → #210 ↓187Quebec#11 → #17 ↓6
PlaceYear Jacob Raphael Ahead
Canada2023#12#63Jacob
United States2024#41#420Jacob
Alberta2024#31#153Jacob
British Columbia2024#55#346Jacob
Ontario2024#23#210Jacob
Quebec2024#11#17Jacob

Jacob and Raphael in Canada, 2020–2023

Jacob slipped from #9 in 2020 to #12 in 2023 in Canada. Raphael slipped from #55 in 2020 to #63 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#100#12 Jacob#63 Raphael2020202120222023

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Jacob and Raphael in the United States, 2020–2024

Jacob slipped from #15 in 2020 to #41 in 2024 in the United States. Raphael climbed from #511 in 2020 to #420 in 2024 in the United States.

#1#500#1000#41 Jacob#420 Raphael20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

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.