Jaxx
Jaxx is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jaxx
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaxx 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 Jaxx
American parents first put Jaxx on the record books as a baby boy name in 1997, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 298 Jaxxs were born — ranking #782 that year. About 50% of every Jaxx on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaxx ranks #1,054 for baby boys with 209 births, gradually falling (-11%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jaxx
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About the name Jaxx
Jaxx is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Jaxx's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #782. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaxx'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.