# Jax (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jax/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,309 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 25,085 / 224 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,033, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortened from Jackson, Jaxon or fanciful spelling of the surname Jacks.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 10,710 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,661 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,397 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,805 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,946 |
| 2016 | 21 | 6,062 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,012 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,330 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,506 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,719 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,218 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,837 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,810 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,711 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,071 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 990 | 321 |
| 2012 | 1,123 | 305 |
| 2013 | 1,685 | 222 |
| 2014 | 1,855 | 208 |
| 2015 | 1,865 | 215 |
| 2016 | 1,813 | 215 |
| 2017 | 1,725 | 222 |
| 2018 | 1,767 | 214 |
| 2019 | 1,600 | 237 |
| 2020 | 1,424 | 246 |
| 2021 | 1,455 | 243 |
| 2022 | 1,272 | 271 |
| 2023 | 1,161 | 287 |
| 2024 | 1,095 | 313 |
| 2025 | 961 | 342 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 781 |
| 2012 | 40 | 793 |
| 2013 | 102 | 399 |
| 2014 | 155 | 295 |
| 2015 | 260 | 217 |
| 2016 | 311 | 182 |
| 2017 | 421 | 139 |
| 2018 | 377 | 150 |
| 2019 | 385 | 145 |
| 2020 | 416 | 134 |
| 2021 | 485 | 118 |
| 2022 | 514 | 107 |
| 2023 | 602 | 87 |
| 2024 | 465 | 114 |
| 2025 | 366 | 145 |

## People named Jax

- Jax Jones, English DJ (born 1987)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.