boys:
587 births since 1992
#3999 (13th percentile)
overall:
587 births since 1992
#7152 (8th percentile)
The name Jager is the #7,152 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 587 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 7.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,999 (12.7% percentile) for all time with 587 births since 1992.
Jager first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (first recorded for boys in 1992).
For boys, Jager reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #786) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 21 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jager ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 23.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jager".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jager. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 49.0% confident that Jager is pronounced as JAY-ger, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YAY-ger, at 36.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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