At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2023 (#12,239)
- Babies in 2023
- 5 (<0.01% of boys)
- Peak
- #1,952 in 1922
- First recorded
- 1919
Meaning of Jw
Jw, pronounced JAY-dub, unfolds like an unexpected sonnet beneath an Italian summer sky—an artful invention born of initials yet blossoming into a name all its own. Though its exact origin remains delightfully elusive—a modern christening whispered between parents seeking something both spare and symphonic—Jw conjures images of sunlit piazzas and the gentle lilt of a Vespa weaving through cobbled streets. It carries the duality of two letters fused, a bridge between simplicity and surprise, and in its economy of form, hints at boundless possibility: a voyager’s spirit charting new courses. In the tapestry of American births, Jw has traced a quiet, steady line, appearing here and there for nearly a century—most recently bestowed upon just five newborns in 2023, nestled around the nine-hundreds in popularity, its rarity lending it a precious aura. To speak the name Jw is to evoke a gentle rebellion against convention, a warm invocation of the future wrapped in echoes of tradition, as if the Tuscan sun itself had lent its glow to each delicate syllable.
How to pronounce Jw
No language associated
- Pronounced JAY-dub /dʒeɪˈdʊb/
Popularity of Jw in the U.S.
Jw was last recorded in the U.S. in 2023, ranked #12,239 with 5 babies. It peaked at #1,952 in 1922. It first appears in the records in 1919.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1919–2023 51 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 12,239 | ▼ 1,376 |
| 2022 | 6 | 10,863 | ▼ 64 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10,799 | ▼ 1,245 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,554 | back (not recorded in 2019) |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,154 | ▲ 4,092 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,246 | back (not recorded in 2015–2016) |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,781 | ▲ 3,355 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,136 | ▼ 4,577 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,559 | back (not recorded in 2008–2011) |
| 2007 | 8 | 8,915 | ▲ 3,140 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,055 | ▼ 1,904 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,151 | back (not recorded in 2004) |
| 2003 | 5 | 10,894 | ▼ 1,502 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,392 | back (not recorded in 2000–2001) |
| 1999 | 8 | 7,139 | back (not recorded in 1998) |
| 1997 | 8 | 6,618 | ▲ 1,353 |
| 1996 | 6 | 7,971 | ▼ 2,043 |
| 1995 | 9 | 5,928 | ▼ 476 |
| 1994 | 10 | 5,452 | ▲ 1,364 |
| 1993 | 7 | 6,816 | ▲ 606 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,422 | ▼ 151 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,271 | ▼ 93 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,178 | ▼ 1,563 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,615 | ▼ 1,453 |
| 1988 | 11 | 4,162 | ▲ 2,789 |
| 1987 | 5 | 6,951 | ▼ 1,025 |
| 1986 | 6 | 5,926 | ▼ 2,121 |
| 1985 | 11 | 3,805 | back (not recorded in 1984) |
| 1983 | 11 | 3,630 | ▲ 2,756 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,386 | ▼ 2,528 |
| 1981 | 10 | 3,858 | ▲ 637 |
| 1980 | 8 | 4,495 | ▲ 1,561 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,056 | ▼ 1,502 |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,554 | ▲ 569 |
| 1977 | 6 | 5,123 | ▼ 1,111 |
| 1976 | 8 | 4,012 | ▼ 584 |
| 1975 | 10 | 3,428 | ▲ 409 |
| 1974 | 8 | 3,837 | back (not recorded in 1971–1973) |
| 1970 | 8 | 3,521 | back (not recorded in 1965–1969) |
| 1964 | 7 | 3,282 | back (not recorded in 1963) |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,033 | ▲ 33 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,066 | back (not recorded in 1946–1960) |
| 1945 | 5 | 3,338 | back (not recorded in 1944) |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,231 | back (not recorded in 1933–1942) |
| 1932 | 5 | 3,776 | back (not recorded in 1927–1931) |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,139 | back (not recorded in 1925) |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,347 | ▼ 880 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3,467 | ▼ 1,515 |
| 1922 | 17 | 1,952 | back (not recorded in 1921) |
| 1920 | 8 | 3,208 | ▲ 183 |
| 1919 | 7 | 3,391 | new |