Jax

What Jax means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jax yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jax?

US: Falling: down from #215 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #217 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 1,865 boys got the name (#215 that year). First in the US records in 1995.

How common

• About 1 in 1,777 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 743 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 339 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (2.38 per 1,000 boys), SD (2.34 per 1,000 boys), UT (1.73 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Jax is #342 in the US and #145 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.7% of US babies named Jax were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jaxx195 US · 71 E&W
• Jex6 US
• Jaks0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Jax

Boys

• Finnegan#526“descendant of Fionnagán”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Parker#102From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Maddox#209Editor’s note Down from #148 in 2015 to #209 in 2025 in the US
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025

For a sister

• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Raegan#505Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 9 babies
• Mckinley#712Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1978, with 5 babies
• Monroe#467Editor’s note Used for both: 81% of US babies named Monroe in 2025 were girls
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Finley#415Editor’s note Used for both: 43% of US babies named Finley in 2025 were girls

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jax’s. Rank is US 2025.