How Many People Are Named Jairus?
people named Jairus are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 128,249 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,741 babies named Jairus in Social Security records from 1933 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
83 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Ιαιρος (Iairos), the Greek form of JAIR used in the New Testament, where it belongs to the father of a young girl brought back to life by Jesus.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jairus in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jairus alive today is about 22 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jairus first appears in the records in 1933 and was given most often in 2015, to 83 babies. In 2025, 50 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1933 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jairus has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,352, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #2,622.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,622 |
| Best rank | #1,352 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,864 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jairus alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jairus were born in Texas than in any other state: about 202 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jairus was given 5.2 times as often in Louisiana, 3 times in Georgia and 2.8 times in North Carolina.
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