Jax
Jax is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jax
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jax is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jax
The earliest SSA record of Jax as a baby boy name dates back to 1995, when 5 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 1,864 newborns named Jax — #215 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Jax on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jax ranks #342 for baby boys with 1,007 births, falling sharply (-30%). All told, over 26K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jax
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jax. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jax
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About the name Jax
Jax is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 26K births in the dataset. Jax's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #208. Use the chart and map above to compare Jax'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.