Jaeger
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAY-ger
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Jaeger is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “hunter”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Jaeger mean?
Germanic: German word and surname
“hunter”
From the German word Jäger 'hunter', also a common German surname.
Is Jaeger a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaeger is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaeger in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Jaeger, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Jaeger in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jaeger in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 47 | #2,220 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
Names like Jaeger
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Asher Adler Cooper Walker Xander Jagger Parker Hunter Jaylen Carter River Skyler
Names related to Jaeger
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Jaeger: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaeger, updated 20 October 2026.