Given name
Jaze
“refers to the style of music”
Jaze is a variant of Jazz. One American interpretation is “refers to the style of music.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jaze is a variant of Jazz. One American interpretation is “refers to the style of music.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jaze is a variant of Jazz. An origin associated with Jazz is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaze through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 120
- 120 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,849 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,849 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2013.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.