boys:
798 births since 1993
#3789 (17th percentile)
overall:
798 births since 1993
#6941 (10th percentile)
The name Jaeger is the #6,941 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 798 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 10.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,789 (17.3% percentile) for all time with 798 births since 1993.
Jaeger first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (first recorded for boys in 1993).
For boys, Jaeger reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #771) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 23 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jaeger ranks #892 for boys (2.1% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 57.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jaeger".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jaeger. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.0% confident that Jaeger is pronounced as YAY-ger, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-ger, at 32.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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