boy's name

Jabe

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 248

Jabe is a boy's name. In 2011 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1983, when 12 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1884.

Jabe over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2011, not a full ten years.

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Births named Jabe by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1910s 14
1920s 25
1930s 11
1940s 6
1960s 7
1970s 22
1980s 32
1990s 38
2000s 69
2010s (to 2011) 13

How popular is Jabe?

In 2011, Jabe was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Jabe is used

England & Wales #6,070 3 in 2015
United States #9,589 8 in 2011

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jabe

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jabe also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jabe over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jabe

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jabe — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jabe

How popular is the name Jabe?

In 2011, Jabe was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Jabe a girl's or a boy's name?

Jabe is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jabe most popular?

Jabe peaked in 1983, when 12 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.