# Jeb (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jeb/  
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 | /d͡ʒɛb/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,600 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,600 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,080 |
| 2012 | 24 | 4,195 |
| 2013 | 32 | 3,368 |
| 2014 | 28 | 3,730 |
| 2015 | 37 | 3,113 |
| 2016 | 23 | 4,393 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,832 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,008 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,877 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,481 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,847 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,228 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6,059 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8,011 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,259 |

## People named Jeb

- Jeb Hensarling, former U.S. Representative from Texas
- Jeb Stuart, American writer and film director
- Jeb Brovsky, American soccer player
- Jeb Bradley, American politician
- James Boasberg, American judge

## 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.