Jeb
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JEB
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Jeb is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved of God”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Jeb mean?
Hebrew: short form of Jebediah, a variant of Jedidiah
“beloved of God”
Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart was known as Jeb, a nickname formed from his initials.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jeb a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeb is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeb in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Jeb, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 1981, with 84 boys. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the boys named Jeb in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeb in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 61 | #1,970 |
| 2003 | 60 | #1,932 |
| 2002 | 55 | #1,994 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,003 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 42 | #1,983 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,946 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,673 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1983 | 48 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,178 |
| 1981 | 84 | #986 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,089 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,077 |
| 1978 | 83 | #950 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,099 |
| 1974 | 65 | #1,019 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,023 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1964 | 27 | #1,509 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,229 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,386 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,627 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
Names like Jeb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmad Ibrahim Muhammad Amir Musa Hassan Samir Abdullah Mustafa Khalid Raheem Khalil
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, “Jeb: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeb, updated 20 October 2026.