girl's name
Jazmin
JAZ-min
- Origin American
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 47,196
the United States
#710
2025 births
Jazmin respells a Persian word that traveled the length of Eurasia — yasmin passed through Arabic into Europe with the plant itself, which is why the word is near-identical in a dozen unrelated languages.
- Jazmin is a name of American origin.
- Peaked in 2006, when 2,240 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 8,393 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1962.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Jazmin over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 |
| 1970s | 352 |
| 1980s | 3,109 |
| 1990s | 13,449 |
| 2000s | 17,223 |
| 2010s | 7,916 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,581 |
What Jazmin means
Jazmin means the jasmine flower. It names the plant directly, so the sense is its scent and appearance rather than a quality of a person.
Where Jazmin comes from
Jazmin is an American respelling of Jasmine, from the Persian yasmin, carried into Arabic and from there into Spanish, French and English along with the plant. Because the word moved with the cutting, it arrived nearly unchanged everywhere. Jasmin, elsewhere on this site, is the German and French spelling of the same name. The flower is night-scented, which is why it stands beside the rose and the nightingale in Persian poetry.
Jazmin in use
Jazmin peaked in the United States in 2006, when 2,240 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 710th in the United States on 395 births and 3907th in England and Wales on 6, across 47,196 lifetime births in three of the seven markets we track. England and Wales ran its own peak of 122 births in 2001, and our records carry the name from 1962.
How popular is Jazmin?
In 2025, Jazmin was given to 395 babies in the United States, ranking #710 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Jazmin is used
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 Jazmin
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jazmin also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jazmin over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Jazmin in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Jazmin
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jazmin — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jazmin
What does the name Jazmin mean?
The jasmine flower — the Persian yasmin.
Why is the word the same everywhere?
It traveled with the plant, from Persian through Arabic into European languages.
Is Jasmin the same name?
Yes — the German and French spelling, written up separately here.
How popular is Jazmin?
710th in the United States, down from a 2006 peak of 2,240 births.
Is Jazmin a girl's or a boy's name?
Jazmin is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Jazmin?
Jazmin has 2 syllables.
Is Jazmin a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jazmin currently ranks #710 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.