Boy · English (modern coinage)
Jax
Say it: JAKS
Meaning
A modern American coinage, a short form of Jackson or Jaxon.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Rose quickly in the US in the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 19,256 babies given this name since 1995
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 1,000 boys
- 1,420 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jaxx
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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