Jazz
26% girls · 74% boys
About Jazz
Jazz as a full name is used slightly more often for boys than girls and has a distinctive, well, jazzy feel. Jazz is also occasionally used as a nickname for Jasper, much more often for Jasmine or Jazlyn. Could work as a middle name.
Jazz for girls#8579 US
Musical choice that may be a short form of Jasmine or Jazlyn, or might stand on its own like this or as Jaz, the spelling used by tennis duo Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi.
Pronounced JAZZ.
As of November 2026, Jazz ranked #3341 for boys and #8579 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2116 for boys in 1991 and #4054 for girls in 1994.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,612 | 21 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,163 | 25 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #4,828 | 20 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #3,962 | 26 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,860 | 28 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #4,361 | 24 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 29 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,471 | 23 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #3,341 | 35 | — | 0 |
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- Jazzmine "Jazz" RaycoyleGirl
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- Jazzmin "Jazz" OcampoGirl
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- Jazmin Roxy "Jazz" CarlinGirl
Welsh freestyle swimmer
- Jazz JenningsGirl
American transgender activist, author and reality TV personality
- JazzGirl
ring name of Carlene Denise Moore,Begnaud, American pro wrestler
- Daisy Jazz Isobel RidleyGirl
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Jazz in pop culture
- JazzBoy
Will's best friend on TV's "Fresh Prince of Bel,Air"
- Jasper "Jazz" HaleBoy
vampire in "Twilight"
- Jasper "Jazz" DentBoy
main character in Barry Lyga's "I Hunt Killers"
- Jasmine "Jazz" FentonGirl
sister to Danny Fenton in Nickelodeon's "Danny Phantom"