Jabez · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jabez.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 52 recorded years as a table

Jabez, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	45
1884	44
1916	7
1919	5
1921	5
1954	4
1971	3
1975	5
1977	3
1978	4
1979	5
1980	4
1983	3
1984	3
1985	4
1986	4
1987	4
1988	3
1990	7
1992	3
1993	4
1994	4
1995	7
1997	4
1998	3
1999	4
2000	3
2001	46
2002	53
2003	36
2004	29
2005	30
2006	20
2007	22
2008	16
2009	21
2010	22
2011	24
2012	18
2013	21
2014	15
2015	13
2016	13
2017	14
2018	12
2019	13
2020	12
2021	9
2022	8
2023	6
2024	9
2025	10

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jabez isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Jabez

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 17
Rank in 2025: #5,399
How rare: 1 in 100,475 boys
Since 1880: 1,134

Most popular in 2002, at 53 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 24% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.