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Jazz

#3,340 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Jasper or James or Jasmine

Jazz has been given to 1,555 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #3,340 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 37 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 60% boys, 40% girls all-time.

Babies named Jazz, 2025

1 in 94,700

Jazz over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jazz over time

In 2025, Jazz went to 26% girls and 74% boys.

19832025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jazz: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Jasper or James or Jasmine

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jazz means

Jazz is a diminutive of Jasper or James or Jasmine.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

A fanciful spelling variant of Jaz and Jas.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Jazz (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Jazz is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jasper, James, Jasmine and Jaz.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 933 boys were recorded with the name Jazz between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 37 in 1994; its best national rank was #2,110 in 1991.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,961 in 2020 to #3,340 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,852 in 2015 to #3,340 in 2025.

In the United States, 622 girls were recorded with the name Jazz between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1994; its best national rank was #4,050 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,755 in 2020 to #8,577 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,185 in 2015 to #8,577 in 2025.

How common is Jazz?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 94,700
35 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 48,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,340
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
65,655 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jazz sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 65,655 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jazz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jazzs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jazz was born before 2006 — so the typical Jazz is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
29.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
59.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
933
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 29.8% of all recorded uses (278).

Is Jazz rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,146
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+621
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,512
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.33×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
94.6%
Peak was 1994 (37)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,110
1991

Spellings of Jazz

Jazz is not the most common spelling — Jack is, with 58.4% against Jazz's 0.07%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jazz is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jazz was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 624,063 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jazz has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jazz is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jazz was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 668,854 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jazz has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jazz around the world

Where Jazz ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2023
    #4,108
    in 2023
  • France
    1994–2024
    #3,665
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1992–2022
    #2,335
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1995–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jazz by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,340
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 621
Best rank ever
#2,110
1991
Peak year
1994
37 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
933
Count in 2025
35

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,577
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,822
Best rank ever
#4,050
1994
Peak year
1994
26 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
622
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Jazz

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Jazz

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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