Is Jabez a boy or girl name?

Jabez is a boy’s name. Of the 1,134 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Jabez

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Jabez was most popular in 2002, when 102 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,045 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,134 people named Jabez.

Jabez over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jabez’s peak in 2002. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jabez a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jabez is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,134 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jabez

Where Jabez is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org