Jairus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JY-rus
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Jairus is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he enlightens”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Jairus mean?
Hebrew: Greek form of Jair
“he enlightens”
In the Gospels Jairus is the synagogue leader whose daughter Jesus raises from the dead.
Is Jairus a girl's or a boy's name?
Jairus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 50 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jairus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Jairus, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Jairus than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Jairus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Jairus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Jairus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,604among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Jairus, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 83 boys. It first appears in the records in 1933.
Half of all the boys named Jairus in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jairus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 50 | #2,587 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,169 |
| 2018 | 73 | #1,993 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,169 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 83 | #1,804 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,043 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,043 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 73 | #1,923 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2008 | 71 | #1,980 |
| 2007 | 71 | #1,972 |
| 2006 | 77 | #1,790 |
| 2005 | 71 | #1,810 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 66 | #1,797 |
| 2002 | 63 | #1,814 |
| 2001 | 70 | #1,655 |
| 2000 | 68 | #1,677 |
| 1999 | 75 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,472 |
| 1997 | 53 | #1,787 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 58 | #1,583 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,349 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,488 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 63 | #1,404 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,562 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 44 | #1,503 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,605 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
Names like Jairus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ibrahim Muhammad Ahmed Yahya Abdullah Yusuf Hamza Amir Mustafa Umar Syed
Names related to Jairus
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jairus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jairus, updated 20 October 2026.