Jabez

Where Jabez comes from

From Hebrew יַעְבֵּץ.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jabez
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1788
    Jabez W. Huntington born
    American politician 1788-1847
  2. 1825
    Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry born
    American politician
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #909 among boys with 5 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry · American politician, 1825–1903
  • Jabez W. Huntington · American politician 1788-1847, 1788–1847
  • Jabez Young Jackson · American politician, 1790–1900
  • Jabez Olssen · New Zealand film editor, born 1975
  • Jabez G. Sutherland · American politician, 1825–1902

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.