Jairus
Jairus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 31 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 310.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201583 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1933
- 2,691people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,691 boys have been named Jairus in the United States since 1933, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 83 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 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 26%.
By decade
In 2015, its biggest year
Jairus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Jairus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Matthieupeak 1998
- Ianpeak 2005
- Jansenpeak 1994
- Shamirpeak 2010
- Sionepeak 2017
- Eamonnpeak 2007
- Amerpeak 2003
- Zachariahpeak 1992
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.