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.
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.
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