Jabez — #5882 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jabez

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,117 babies named Jabez between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jabez currently holds the #5882 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 102 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jabez performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 549 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jabez shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 65 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jabez in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jabez 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 1,117 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.