Jabes
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAH-bes
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Jabes is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “sorrow, pain”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Jabes mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Jabez
“sorrow, pain”
In 1 Chronicles, Jabez was so named because his mother bore him in pain; he prayed to be kept from harm.
Is Jabes a girl's or a boy's name?
Jabes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jabes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Jabes, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2003, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Jabes in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jabes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Jabes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Zamir, Jamir, Salem, Abdiel, Hamza, Yahir, Zahir, Ibrahim, Jaziel, Asaiah, Jasiah
Names related to Jabes
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jabes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jabes, updated 20 October 2026.