Jazz
Jazz was the 3341st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 2116th; the most babies were born in 1994 (37). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,515 places. More babies were named Jazz in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,341 boys, up 623 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 35boys
- Girls and boys
- 26% girls, 74% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199437 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,555babies recorded
Jazz popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,579 | #3,341 | 12 | 35 |
| 2020 | #6,759 | #3,964 | 17 | 26 |
| 2010 | #8,063 | #4,594 | 15 | 21 |
| 2000 | #7,765 | #3,252 | 13 | 26 |
| 1990 | #5,952 | #3,380 | 15 | 18 |
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How popular is Jazz, counting every spelling?
Jazz has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Jazz?
35 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jazz (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jazz 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 240 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jazz.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jazz?
About 900 people born in the US named Jazz are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 10 and 31. That makes Jazz mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Jazz by state
How common Jazz was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 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 Jazz: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jazz, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jazz
How popular is the name Jazz?
Jazz was the 3341st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 2116th; the most babies were born in 1994 (37). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,515 places. More babies were named Jazz in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Jazz a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 26% girls, 74% boys given the name Jazz in the US.
Where is Jazz most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jazz was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.