Jagger
Jagger was the 885th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 269 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 556th with 469 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 227 places. More babies were named Jagger in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning peddler, carter (surname) · English
Say it JAG-er /ˈdʒæɡɚ/
- Rank in 2025
- #885 boys, down 165 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 269boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2012469 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,448babies recorded
What does the name Jagger mean?
Jagger is a Yorkshire occupational surname from the dialect word jagger, a peddler or a man who carried goods by packhorse; Wiktionary notes the modern given name use is partly after Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. The word jagger is from jag, a dialect word for a load or small cartload. As a first name it appeared in US records from the 1990s.
jagger (Northern English dialect, “peddler, packhorse carrier”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Jager, Jaeger.
See also: English names, names from occupations.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Jagger', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'jagger' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Jagger popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 210 since 2006.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #885 | 269 |
| 2020 | #720 | 345 |
| 2010 | #763 | 294 |
| 2000 | #1,395 | 90 |
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How popular is Jagger, counting every spelling?
Jagger has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #858 for boys in 2025, against #885 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Jagger?
269 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jagger (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jagger born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 31 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jagger.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jagger?
About 8,100 people born in the US named Jagger are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 7 and 19. That makes Jagger a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jagger by state
How common Jagger was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (4.4×), Oklahoma (3.4×), Utah (3.0×), Alabama (2.2×), Kentucky (1.8×). In 17 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jagger: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jagger, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Jagger · Sibling names for Jagger
Questions about the name Jagger
What does Jagger mean?
Jagger means “peddler, carter (surname)” (English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Jagger?
Jagger was the 885th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 269 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 556th with 469 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 227 places. More babies were named Jagger in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Jagger a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jagger in the US.
Where is Jagger most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jagger was most common in Arkansas (0.76 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oklahoma and Utah.