How Many People Are Named Jeb?
people named Jeb are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 142,886 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,600 babies named Jeb in Social Security records from 1944 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
84 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Sometimes a diminutive of JACOB. This name may have also resulted from a nickname of James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833-1864), a Confederate general in the American Civil War, which was formed from the initial letters of his three given names.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jeb in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jeb alive today is about 36 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jeb first appears in the records in 1944 and was given most often in 1981, to 84 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1944 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jeb has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #954, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #6,255.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,255 |
| Best rank | #954 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,348 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jeb alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jeb were born in Texas than in any other state: about 149 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jeb was given 5 times as often in Georgia and 4.5 times in Texas.
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