Jabe
- Last seen for boys in 2011 at #8,767
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 242since 1884
Jabe over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jabe has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2018 | — | |
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| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
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| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
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| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
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| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
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| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
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| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
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| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
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| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
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| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Jabe! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jabe is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jabe in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #971 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,888
- Highest: 1 in 22,888 boys born in 1884 were named Jabe (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 237,407 boys born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 28.5% of all boys named Jabe (69) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #971 (1884) | #971 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 14 | #2,651 (1914) | #3,010 |
| 1920s | 25 | #3,451 (1927) | #3,790 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,175 (1937) | #3,362 |
| 1940s | 6 | #3,298 (1949) | #3,298 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 7 | #3,249 (1966) | #3,249 |
| 1970s | 22 | #3,963 (1972) | #5,137 |
| 1980s | 32 | #3,411 (1983) | #5,906 |
| 1990s | 38 | #6,496 (1996) | #7,649 |
| 2000s | 69 | #5,725 (2002) | #8,728 |
| 2010s | 13 | #8,767 (2011) | #10,499 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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