Jacob or Theo

Theo is the more popular boy name in Canada, #17 to #19 in 2024. Theo is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #12 to #41 in 2025. Jacob is the more popular boy name in the USA, #41 to #80 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 Jacob against Theo, in that place's most recent complete year.JacobTheo#1#25#50#100Canada#19 → #17 ↑2England and Wales#41 → #12 ↑29USA#41 → #80 ↓39Alberta#31 → #47 ↓16British Columbia#55 → #26 ↑29Ontario#23 → #33 ↓10Quebec#11 → #10 ↑1
PlaceYear Jacob Theo Ahead
Canada2024#19#17Theo
England and Wales2025#41#12Theo
USA2024#41#80Jacob
Alberta2024#31#47Jacob
British Columbia2024#55#26Theo
Ontario2024#23#33Jacob
Quebec2024#11#10Theo

Jacob and Theo in Canada, 2020–2024

Jacob slipped from #9 in 2020 to #19 in 2024 in Canada. Theo climbed from #30 in 2020 to #17 in 2024 in Canada. Theo passed Jacob in 2024.

Jacob and Theo ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#17 Theo#19 Jacob20202021202220232024

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Jacob and Theo in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Jacob slipped from #19 in 2020 to #41 in 2025 in England and Wales. Theo climbed from #17 in 2020 to #12 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Jacob and Theo ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#12 Theo#41 Jacob202020212022202320242025

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Jacob and Theo in the USA, 2020–2024

Jacob slipped from #15 in 2020 to #41 in 2024 in the USA. Theo climbed from #172 in 2020 to #80 in 2024 in the USA.

Jacob and Theo ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#41 Jacob#80 Theo20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Jacob
Adam or JacobArthur or JacobBenjamin 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 TheodoreJacob or ThomasJacob or William
More head-to-heads with Theo
Adam or TheoAlfie or TheoArchie or TheoArlo or TheoArthur or TheoBenjamin or TheoCharles or TheoEdouard or TheoEmile or TheoEthan or TheoFinley or TheoFreddie or TheoGeorge or TheoHarry or TheoHenry or TheoJack or TheoJames or TheoJude or TheoJules or TheoLaurent or TheoLeo or TheoLevi or TheoLiam or TheoLogan or TheoLouis or TheoLuca or TheoLucas or TheoMohammed or TheoMuhammad or TheoNathan or TheoNoah or TheoOliver or TheoOscar or TheoRaphael or TheoRory or TheoTheo or TheodoreTheo or ThomasTheo 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.