Fun Facts About the Name Jairon
- 478 babies named Jairon: U.S. records list 478 babies given the name Jairon from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jairon Mean?
Jairon is a rare given name generally understood as a form of the biblical name Jair (Hebrew יָאִיר, Yaʾir). That Hebrew name comes from the root אוֹר (ʾor), "light," in a verb form that means "he will give light" or "he will shine." The plain literal sense is close to "he will enlighten." A traditional gloss, "whom God enlightens," treats the name as a statement about divine illumination rather than a simple description of shining.
The same Hebrew name appears in Greek as Ἰάϊρος (Iairos) and in Latin as Jairus, the form familiar from the New Testament. Jairon's ending in -on does not match the standard English biblical spellings Jair or Jairus. It may be an extended spelling of Jair or a name formed on the related Romance-language form Jairo, but no documented line of derivation is available, so the exact relationship remains uncertain.
Jairon Name History & Origins
Jair is an old Hebrew name carried by several figures in the Hebrew Bible. In Numbers and Deuteronomy, Jair son of Manasseh takes a group of settlements in Gilead that become known as Havvoth-jair, "the villages of Jair" (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14). In Judges, Jair the Gileadite leads Israel for twenty-two years, and the text notes his thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys and held thirty towns (Judges 10:3 - 5). A Jair also appears in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles.
The name passed into Greek and Latin through the Septuagint and the Vulgate, and from there into English by way of Bible translation. In the New Testament the Greek form Ἰάϊρος (Jairus) belongs to a synagogue leader whose daughter Jesus raises (Mark 5:22 - 43; Luke 8:41 - 56). English readers knew the name mainly through these biblical figures, and Jair continued in use as a given name alongside the New Testament form Jairus.
Jairon itself is a rare modern given name rather than a standard biblical form; it is not among the usual English spellings of Jair or Jairus. Because the name is uncommon and poorly documented, whether it descends from Jair, from Jairus through a Romance-language form such as Jairo, or from a separate coinage cannot be determined with confidence.
How Popular is the Name Jairon?
Jairon has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #3,688 in 2000.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,524 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #5,514 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #5,763 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #7,464 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #7,301 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #6,781 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #6,221 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #10,093 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #7,291 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #5,651 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #9,980 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #6,443 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #4,772 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #5,788 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #5,850 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #4,491 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #5,339 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #4,054 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #4,579 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2005 | #5,402 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #4,874 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #4,903 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #5,004 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2001 | #5,243 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #3,688 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1999 | #5,144 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #3,911 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1997 | #8,600 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #6,190 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #5,665 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #7,133 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #7,859 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #7,663 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #8,670 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #5,348 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #6,755 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #6,433 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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