girls:
111 births since 1990
#5605 (2nd percentile)
boys:
231 births since 1989
#4355 (5th percentile)
overall:
342 births since 1989
#7397 (4th percentile)
The name Jaz is the #7,397 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 342 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 4.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,355 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 231 births since 1989. For girls, it ranks #5,605 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 111 births since 1990.
Jaz first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (1989 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Jaz is available in 25 out of the 33 years between 1989 and 2021 (24 years for boys and 15 years for girls). 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.
The name Jaz has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (67.5% of all recorded births). In 2021, 50.0% of babies named Jaz were boys.
For boys, Jaz reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #755) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Jaz reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #841) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jaz".
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