Jacob: are we over it?

lolathepeke · October 2014

It's my newest name crush... loving Jacob; a little luke-warm about the nn Jake but I'm sure it's unavoidable. Is it too popular/played out? It was ranked number three in my state for 2013. Thoughts? I want to avoid a trendy, time-stamped name.

Sibset would be Cameron (Cam), Drew, and Jacob (Jake)

Ladymouse · October 2014

Any Twilight-induced popularity surge does not take away from it being a classic name. It's not a name that will ever go out of style (barring any psychotic dictators sharing that name.)

Jags8 · October 2014

It's classic. Yah it's popular, but it's nice.

4N6s · October 2014

It's nice, but popular. If you like the name that's all that matters.

zebrapanther1311 · October 2014

It's a classic and jake is a sweet nn to me but I'm tired of it. I used to sub and the high school had a group of boys who were all friends. 3 of the 5 were named Jacob so they went by JC, JT, and Jake. That doesn't even include the other Jacobs in the school that weren't a part of that group. There were a ton.

CML11 · October 2014

Love it in the middle name spot

DaisyZH · October 2014

I'm not over the name Jacob, I think it's classic and handsome.

femmepink · October 2014

Over it. Too Twilight and overdone.

kerrycharpe · October 2014

my brother (28) is a Jacob. We rarely meet others which seems odd given its popularity, and I'm the only one who calls him Jake

If you stand your ground the nn can be avoided

BethPSU · October 2014

I'm over it. My son is in 1st grade and he basically has 3 friends (Jacob, Jake S., and Jake J.) I keep waiting for him to make friends with someone that is not named Jacob/Jake!

mrsfoof1 · October 2014

Boring!

DanandVan · October 2014

I like it, and don't care about popularity. It's popular, not trendy, imo, so it in no way will have a time stamp. I kind of forgot about the Twilight connection, and am fairly sure most of America has as well.

drpayne · October 2014

It's classic. You can't go wrong.

TweedleDee3 · October 2014

It's a nice name, I must admit I am over it. I know two baby Jacobs and I don't know very many babies.

cookiedough22 · October 2014

I love Jacob. It's one of my favorite boy names.

jennypolkadots · October 2014

I've always been surprised that this name is so high on the popularity charts. I barely know any Jake/Jacobs. I know one who would be about 26 and one that is about 7. That's it!

Anyways, popularity is not what it used to be and less children are given the most popular names as parents breach out. I wouldn't let it's popularity rank dissuade you at all. I also consider this a classic as it's a biblical name that has been used for a very long time, so I don't think it will ever be time stamped.

carolyn219 · October 2014

jennypolkadots said:

I've always been surprised that this name is so high on the popularity charts. I barely know any Jake/Jacobs. I know one who would be about 26 and one that is about 7. That's it!

Anyways, popularity is not what it used to be and less children are given the most popular names as parents breach out. I wouldn't let it's popularity rank dissuade you at all. I also consider this a classic as it's a biblical name that has been used for a very long time, so I don't think it will ever be time stamped.

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spoonleg · October 2014

Over it.

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