Jeb
Jeb is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 954th, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198184 births
- Best rank
- #954in 1978
- Since 1944
- 2,586people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,586 boys have been named Jeb in the United States since 1944, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 84 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 20%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1981, its biggest year
Jeb was the 989th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1981 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Jeb
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brantpeak 1970
- Ronellpeak 1976
- Jaimepeak 1980
- Cedrickpeak 1978
- Rolandopeak 1994
- Dimitriospeak 1976
- Dawaynepeak 1977
- Dwanpeak 1983
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.