Jax — #315 US boys' name
24,110 babies named Jax in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to boys today.
63% of everyone ever named Jax was born in this single decade.
1,864 babies were named Jax in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jax
The Social Security Administration has registered 24,110 babies named Jax between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jax currently holds the #315 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 1,864 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jax performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15,301 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jax shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,723 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jax in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jax 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 24,110 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.
Jax at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Jax popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2015)
- 1,864
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #315 among boys.
24,110 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 1,864 births in a single year.
Jax popularity over time — girls
211 total births recorded since 2009 (Jax as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jax accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jax by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 15,301 births that decade — 63% of Jax's all-time total
Jax decade highlights
- Peak decade 15,301 births
- Runner-up 6,397 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jax's strongest decade
15,301 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Jax by state
Where Jax concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,723 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,436 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,186 | 4.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 913 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 812 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 787 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 747 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 734 | 3.0% |
2,723 of 24,110 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.3% of nationwide
- Texas 10.1% of nationwide
- Florida 4.9% of nationwide
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jax appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1995–2024 (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.