Names/J

Jabez

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Jabez is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. Its best rank was 988th, in 1880.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
150.00% of boys
Peak year
2002102 births
Best rank
#988in 1880
Since 1880
1,117people given the name
Babies named Jabez, by year of birthboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,117 boys have been named Jabez in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2002, with 102 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 49%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Jabez
1880s10
1910s11
1920s6
1950s8
1970s33
1980s45
1990s69
2000s549
2010s309
2020s77

In 2002, its biggest year

Jabez was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2002 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2002.

Names that rose and fell with Jabez

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.