Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jabez

#4,438 most common boys' name of all time · #10,907 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#4,438
Rank overall
#10,907 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,134
Since 2016
190
Peak year
2002 #1,305
Best rank
#994 1880
Girls Boys peak 102/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Jabez is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 17 17 #5,405
2024 — 15 15 #5,909
2023 — 11 11 #7,299
2022 — 14 14 #6,156
2021 — 16 16 #5,574
2020 — 21 21 #4,544
2019 — 23 23 #4,342
2018 — 22 22 #4,479
2017 — 26 26 #3,996
2016 — 25 25 #4,103
2015 — 25 25 #4,083
2014 — 28 28 #3,695
2013 — 39 39 #2,896
2012 — 34 34 #3,236
2011 — 45 45 #2,666
2010 — 42 42 #2,829
2009 — 42 42 #2,849
2008 — 33 33 #3,347
2007 — 45 45 #2,689
2006 — 41 41 #2,787
2005 — 60 60 #2,064
2004 — 58 58 #2,053
2003 — 72 72 #1,704
2002 — 102 102 #1,305
2001 — 90 90 #1,393
2000 — 6 6 #9,145
1999 — 7 7 #7,903
1998 — 6 6 #8,502
1997 — 8 8 #6,638
1995 — 14 14 #4,297
1994 — 7 7 #6,990
1993 — 7 7 #6,847
1992 — 6 6 #7,457
1990 — 14 14 #3,983
1988 — 5 5 #7,311
1987 — 7 7 #5,488
1986 — 7 7 #5,355
1985 — 7 7 #5,179
1984 — 5 5 #6,355
1983 — 6 6 #5,527
1980 — 8 8 #4,517
1979 — 9 9 #4,095
1978 — 6 6 #5,083
1977 — 5 5 #5,881
1975 — 8 8 #3,967
1971 — 5 5 #4,948
1954 — 8 8 #2,968
1921 — 6 6 #3,902
1919 — 5 5 #4,200
1916 — 6 6 #3,539
1884 — 5 5 #1,021
1880 — 5 5 #994