Jagger
Jagger is an English surname. Someone who owned and/or managed a team of packhorses was known as a "jagger", making this occupation the likely origin of the surname.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jagger
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jagger is an English surname. Someone who owned and/or managed a team of packhorses was known as a "jagger", making this occupation the likely origin of the surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jagger
Jagger first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1991, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 469 Jaggers were born — ranking #556 that year. As of 2026, Jagger ranks #886 for baby boys with 269 births, falling sharply (-19%). In total, more than 9K Jaggers have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Jagger
Jagger is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Jagger's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #556. Use the chart and map above to compare Jagger's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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