How Many People Are Named Jabez?
people named Jabez are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 315,009 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,134 babies named Jabez in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
102 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "sorrow" in Hebrew. This is the name of a character in the Old Testament who is blessed by God.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jabez in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jabez alive today is about 19 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jabez first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2002, to 102 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jabez has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #988, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #5,479.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,479 |
| Best rank | #988 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,219 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jabez alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jabez were born in Florida than in any other state: about 64 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jabez was given 4.3 times as often in Florida, 2.1 times in Texas and 1.5 times in California.
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