Jas

Last seen for girls in 2006 at #15,152 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
Given to boys 89.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1885 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
111
since 1884

Jas over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #936, 1885girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
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2023
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2021#10,7996
2020
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2016#12,1855
2015
2014#10,7176
2013
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2011#10,8086
2010
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2008#12,5535
2007
2006#15,1526
2005
2004#11,3565
2003
2002#12,1877#7,0559
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1996#7,1367
1995#8,8685
1994
1993#8,7005
1992#8,4355
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1990#5,8238
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1977#5,8455
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1921#4,3225
1920#3,8156
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1916#2,9268
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1905#1,2335
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1885#9365
1884#9715
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Jas! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jas
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 35 spots in 1885 (#971#936)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1885 at #936 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1884–1885
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,560
  • Highest: 1 in 21,560 boys born in 1885 were named Jas (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,580 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 27.0% of all boys named Jas (30) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
  • Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#936 (1885)#954
1890s0
1900s5#1,233 (1905)#1,233
1910s8#2,926 (1916)#2,926
1920s11#3,815 (1920)#4,069
1930s0
1940s0
1950s0
1960s0
1970s5#5,845 (1977)#5,845
1980s0
1990s30#5,823 (1990)#7,792
2000s19#7,055 (2002)#10,321
2010s17#10,717 (2014)#11,237
2020s6#10,799 (2021)#10,799

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jas in 1885

boys
#936
5 births · 1 in 21,560 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #936Jas5
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 21,560 of them was named Jas, which outranked 14.7% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jas
  1. #836Wheeler6
  2. #836Zenas6
  3. #836Zollie6
  4. #936Jas5
  5. #936Ada5
  6. #936Albion5
  7. #936Alcide5

Tied with 161 names at #936; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 426Bryant#848#422
  2. 424Butler#971#547
  3. 424Cyril#971#547
  4. 409Gerhard#848#439
  5. 394Rowland#971#577
Fallers
  1. 520Clarance#416#936
  2. 416Oswald#520#936
  3. 389Doctor#547#936
  4. 366Dexter#570#936
  5. 366Gustaf#570#936

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1885