Name Legacy

Jazz

Recorded 1983–2025 · United States

Jazz was most popular in 1994, when 63 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,527 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,826, with 47 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,555 people named Jazz.

Most popular in1994
Rank that year#3,527
Births that year63
Total since 18801,555
Given to60% boys

Jazz over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Jazz’s peak in 1994. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jazz a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jazz is a unisex name — 40.0% of the 1,555 Americans given it were girls and 60.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2020 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 37% girls and 63% 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 Jazz

Where Jazz 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