Jaegar — boys' name
99 babies named Jaegar in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
66% of everyone ever named Jaegar was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Jaegar in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaegar
The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Jaegar between 1996 and 2011, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaegar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaegar performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jaegar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaegar 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 99 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.
Jaegar at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaegar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1996
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
99 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 11 births in a single year.
Jaegar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 65 births that decade — 66% of Jaegar's all-time total
Jaegar decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaegar's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% 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, 1996–2011 (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.