Jabe — boys' name
242 babies named Jabe in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Jabe was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Jabe in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jabe
The Social Security Administration has registered 242 babies named Jabe between 1884 and 2011, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jabe currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jabe performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jabe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jabe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 242 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jabe at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jabe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1884
- Peak year (1983)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 128 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
242 total births across 128 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 12 births in a single year.
Jabe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 69 births that decade — 29% of Jabe's all-time total
Jabe decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jabe's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1884–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.