Boys' name · peaked in 2015
Jax name popularity since 1925
25,309 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jax (0.9% girls, 99.1% boys). Half of them were born in 2016 or earlier, so the typical Jax is about 10 years old in 2026. Jax peaked in 2015 as the #215 name for boys, and it ranked #342 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,309
- Named Jax, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #342
- for boys in 2025 (961 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% boys
- 224 girls · 25,085 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.25× its national share
Peak year is the year Jax made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jax births per year, 1925–2025
2015 was the biggest year for Jax both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2006 and 2011, Jax became 5.9× more common, from 1 in 11,200 baby boys to 1 in 1,920.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jax's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jax.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jax in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 0 | 249 | #9,470 |
| 2000s | 6 | 2,163 | #993 |
| 2010s | 149 | 15,305 | #215 |
| 2020–25 | 69 | 7,368 | #342 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
78.5% of babies named Jax from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Jax is most popular
The index compares Jax's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jax.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.25× | 676 |
| Arizona | 2.15× | 682 |
| Colorado | 1.60× | 481 |
| Oklahoma | 1.57× | 499 |
| Washington | 1.51× | 618 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jax and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jax (this page) | 25,085 | 2015 |
| Jaxx | 3,285 | 2019 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jax's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jax.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jax (2015).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data