Boys' name · since 1949
Jabier
336 babies named Jabier in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,980 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 336
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jabier is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 336 have been recorded since 1949.
Jabier has 336 recorded births among boys since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2010.
- #9,980 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 336 born since 1949
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jabier ranks #9,980 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 336 born since 1949, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,980 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 336
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jabier's 336 recorded births place it above 78.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jabier's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jabier splits its recorded history at 1980: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jabier popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2010
- Peak year (1989)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Jabier by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (80 births, 24% of the file).
1970s was Jabier's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Jabier births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
37 births
- 1960s
1960s
35 births
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s
1980s
71 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 80 births (24% of all-time use).
Jabier by state
Where Jabier concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.5% |
29 of 336 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Jabier's data
- Jabier's decade-level peak was the 1970s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jabiers (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jabier: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~61 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jabier draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.