Jabes

boys:

197 births since 2001

#4389 (4th percentile)

overall:

197 births since 2001

#7542 (3rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Jabes is the #7,542 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 197 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 2.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,389 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 197 births since 2001.

Jabes first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (first recorded for boys in 2001). Birth data for Jabes is available in 22 out of the 23 years between 2001 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Jabes reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #818) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Jabes is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #904 (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jabes".

2001 2023 20012023

Key Statistics

Total Births
197
Peak Births
12
Peak Year
2003
First Recorded
2001
Peak Percentile
0.9%
Current Percentile
0.8%
Peak Rank
#818
Current Rank
#904
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Jabes

Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Jabes. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 41.5% confident that Jabes is pronounced as jaybz, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-bihz, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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41.5%
2
17.1%
2
12.2%
1
9.8%
jaybz (1 syllable)
41.5% confidence
JH EY1 B Z
JAY-bihz (2 syllables)
17.1% confidence
JH EY1 B IH0 Z
JAY-buhs (2 syllables)
12.2% confidence
JH EY1 B AH0 S
JAY-behz (2 syllables)
9.8% confidence
JH EY1 B EH0 Z
jaybs (1 syllable)
9.8% confidence
JH EY1 B S
JAY-behs (2 syllables)
4.9% confidence
JH EY1 B EH0 S
JAY-bihs (2 syllables)
4.9% confidence
JH EY1 B IH0 S

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like JH EY1 B Z) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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