Jabes
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 210since 2001
Jabes over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jabes has never cracked the top 5,000 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.
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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
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First appearance
2001
The first year at least five boys were named Jabes! It came in at #10,556, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2020, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jabes is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jabes in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 3,439 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #8,910)
- 1,844 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2001
- Peaked 2003 at #5,877 (12 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 142,548
- Highest: 1 in 142,548 boys born in 2023 were named Jabes (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #5,877 in 2003, was only 1 in 164,612 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 39.5% of all boys named Jabes (83) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83 | #5,877 (2003) | #7,855 |
| 2010s | 83 | #7,066 (2015) | #8,869 |
| 2020s | 44 | #6,897 (2023) | #8,849 |
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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