Thirty years of Jax
Jax in numbers
Jax has risen from 6 boys in 2000 (its first published year) to 366 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 602 in 2023. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2014 and 2017, from 155 to 421. It ranked 1,889th in 2000, reached 87th in 2023 and ranks 145th now.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-21%465 to 366
- 5 years-12%416 to 366
- 10 years+41%260 to 366
- 20 years+9,050%4 to 366
- Since 2000 (first published)×616 to 366
- Total, 1996 to 20255,030boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 145 · ONS · 465 in 2024
Rank 92 · NRS · 57 in 2024
Rank 114 · NISRA · 15 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =145 | 366 | -21% | 1 in 822 |
| 2024 | =114 | 465 | -23% | 1 in 656 |
| 2023 | 87 | 602 | +17% | 1 in 503 |
| 2022 | 107 | 514 | +6% | 1 in 604 |
| 2021 | 118 | 485 | +17% | 1 in 660 |
| 2020 | 134 | 416 | +8% | 1 in 756 |
| 2019 | 145 | 385 | +2% | 1 in 855 |
| 2018 | =150 | 377 | -10% | 1 in 895 |
| 2017 | 139 | 421 | +35% | 1 in 827 |
| 2016 * | 182 | 311 | +20% | 1 in 1,145 |
| 2015 | =217 | 260 | +68% | 1 in 1,377 |
| 2014 | =295 | 155 | +52% | 1 in 2,302 |
| 2013 | =399 | 102 | +155% | 1 in 3,513 |
| 2012 | =793 | 40 | +3% | 1 in 9,358 |
| 2011 | =781 | 39 | +22% | 1 in 9,512 |
| 2010 | =897 | 32 | +10% | 1 in 11,592 |
| 2009 | =923 | 29 | +383% | 1 in 12,487 |
| 2008 | =2,775 | 6 | -33% | 1 in 60,490 |
| 2007 | =2,023 | 9 | +200% | 1 in 39,385 |
| 2006 | =4,052 | 3 | -25% | 1 in 114,136 |
| 2005 | =3,208 | 4 | 1 in 82,645 | |
| 2004 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2003 | =3,467 | 3 | 1 in 106,138 | |
| 2002 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2001 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2000 | =1,889 | 6 | 1 in 51,602 | |
| 1999 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate