Girls' name · since 1980
Jezebel
Jezebel has 787 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,841 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,329 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 787
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
787 babies have been named Jezebel since 1980, making it today's #10329 girls' name.
Jezebel has 787 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10329 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #8,841 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,329 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 787 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jezebel ranks #8,841 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,329 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 787 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,841 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,329 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 787
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jezebel's 787 recorded births place it above 87.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Jezebel compares
787 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jezebel's all-time total is 109% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jezebel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 787 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jezebel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jezebel's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 47, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jezebel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Jezebel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (290 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Jezebel's strongest decade.
290 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jezebel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s
2000s
290 births
- 2010s
2010s
250 births
- 2020s 78
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 290 births (37% of all-time use).
How Jezebel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jezebel's total volume
Jezebel by state
Where Jezebel concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 210 | 26.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 76 | 9.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
210 of 787 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Jezebel's data
- Jezebel's decade-level peak was the 2000s (290 total births); usage has since declined to 78 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jezebels (210 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jezebel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Jezebel 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.