first name
JAX
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,270 people named Jax, 70.2% reported their origin as White, 16.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.3% as two or more races. 98.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jax peaked in 2015, when 1,903 babies got the name.
At least 25,309 babies have been given the name since 1995. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jax by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #461. The largest share of babies named Jax, 78.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jax is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jax has been most common in Utah (3.4×), Nevada (3.3×), and Idaho (2.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.46×).
24,150 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jax
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jax, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jax ranks #56,084 of 156,621, with 394 people. See Jax as a last name
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