Unisex name · since 1989
Jaz
Jaz has 236 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,006 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 236
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
236 boys have been named Jaz since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaz has been recorded 236 times among boys since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2023.
- #12,006 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 236 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaz ranks #12,006 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 236 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,006 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 236
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jaz's 236 recorded births place it above 73.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaz splits its recorded history at 2001: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaz popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2023
- Peak year (1993)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Jaz popularity over time - girls
116 total births recorded since 1990 (Jaz as girls' name)
Jaz by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (119 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Jaz's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jaz births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
119 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 119 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jaz's data
- Jaz's decade-level peak was the 1990s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1989–2023 (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 Jaz 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.