How Many People Are Named Jw?
An estimated 292 people in the United States have the first name Jw. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 34 years old, and Jw peaked in popularity in 1922 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Jw as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Jw paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
292
About 1 in 1,173,816 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
34
years old
Peak Year
1922
17 births
Total Registered
364
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Jw
Jw is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 364 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Jw as a male name
Ranked #13,150 in 2023
5 male births in 2023
Peak: 1922 (17 births)
Jw: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Jw span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 75 babies were registered. While Jw is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Jw by Decade
How has Jw tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Jw + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Jw as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Jw
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Jw: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jw?
We estimate approximately 292 people named Jw are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,173,816 Americans share this first name.
Is Jw a common name?
Jw is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 364 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Jw most popular?
Jw reached peak popularity in 1922, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Jw is approximately 34 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Jw a male name?
Jw is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Jw Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Jw Smith, Jw Johnson, Jw Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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