Jabin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAY-bin
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Jabin is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will understand”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Jabin mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“he will understand”
In the Bible, Jabin was a Canaanite king of Hazor defeated by the Israelites.
Is Jabin a girl's or a boy's name?
Jabin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jabin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Jabin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the boys named Jabin in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jabin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
Names like Jabin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ibrahim, Hamza, Zamir, Jamir, Ahmad, Amir, Muhammad, Yahir, Zahir, Nasir, Samir
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, “Jabin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jabin, updated 20 October 2026.