Jubal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOO-bul
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Jubal is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Jubal mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
In Genesis, Jubal is 'the father of all who play the lyre and pipe', the first musician.
Is Jubal a girl's or a boy's name?
Jubal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jubal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Jubal, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1977, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
2025 had fewer boys named Jubal than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Jubal in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jubal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
Names like Jubal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ahmad Muhammad Ibrahim Zamir Amir Samir Hamza Abdullah Zahir Mustafa Hassan
Names related to Jubal
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, “Jubal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jubal, updated 20 October 2026.