Jb — #7260 US boys' name
633 babies named Jb in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
15% of everyone ever named Jb was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Jb in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jb
The Social Security Administration has registered 633 babies named Jb between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jb currently holds the #7260 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jb performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jb shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jb in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jb 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 633 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.
Jb at a glance
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Current rank
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Jb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1920)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #7260 among boys.
633 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 19 births in a single year.
Jb by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 94 births that decade — 15% of Jb's all-time total
Jb decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jb's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Jb by state
Where Jb concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 633 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1914–2024 (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.