NameTides

Jax

Jax was the #342 boys' name in the US in 2025 (961 babies), and #145 in England & Wales and #276 in Canada.

Jax as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jax as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaIrelandUS
Jax as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#342 (961)#145 (366)#92 (58)#114 (20)#272 (16)#276 (121)
2024#313 (1,095)#114 (465)#91 (57)#144 (15)#374 (10)#263 (123)
2023#287 (1,161)#87 (602)#61 (82)#108 (23)#268 (16)#222 (146)
2022#271 (1,272)#107 (514)#89 (63)#138 (18)#454 (7)#214 (159)
2021#243 (1,455)#118 (485)#97 (61)#125 (21)#631 (4)#190 (194)
2020#246 (1,424)#134 (416)#113 (50)#132 (19)#496 (6)#215 (162)
2019#237 (1,600)#145 (385)#97 (61)#133 (19)#564 (5)#202 (181)
2018#214 (1,767)#150 (377)#100 (61)#107 (25)—#211 (171)
2017#222 (1,725)#139 (421)#85 (70)#120 (23)—#238 (154)
2016#215 (1,813)#182 (311)#116 (57)#134 (21)—#194 (191)
2015#215 (1,865)#217 (260)#115 (57)#129 (23)—#210 (176)
2014#208 (1,855)#295 (155)#170 (34)#281 (6)—#194 (201)
2013#222 (1,685)#399 (102)#269 (15)#398 (3)—#187 (194)
2012#305 (1,123)#793 (40)#392 (8)#346 (4)—#211 (166)
2011#321 (990)#781 (39)#648 (3)——#323 (95)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #215.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 740common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 340common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 410common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jax is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jax by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #393WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #321WAIdaho: #214IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #243MNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #330MINew York: #545NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: #281ORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #191IAIndiana: #350INOhio: #349OHPennsylvania: #342PANew Jersey: #377NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #304CAUtah: #158UTColorado: #420CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #291MOKentucky: #319KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #276VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #266AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #299TNNorth Carolina: #431NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #266LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #393GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #403TXFlorida: #321FL
Jax (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#23123
Ontario2024#33040

Jax (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JaxCanadaGirls—too few
JaxCanadaBoys#276121
JaxEngland & WalesGirls—too few
JaxEngland & WalesBoys#145366
JaxIrelandBoys#27216
JaxNorthern IrelandBoys#11420
JaxScotlandBoys#9258
JaxUSGirls#7,88513
JaxUSBoys#342961