Fun Facts About the Name Jubilee
- More than 3 thousand babies named Jubilee: U.S. records list 3,809 babies given the name Jubilee from 1880 through 2025. Even 27 boys received the name Jubilee - about 1 boy for every 140 girls.
What Does the Name Jubilee Mean?
Jubilee is an English given name taken from the English word jubilee, whose ultimate source is Hebrew yōbēl (יוֹבֵל). The Hebrew noun is commonly explained as 'ram's horn' - the shofar blown to announce the Jubilee year - though some scholars connect it with a root meaning 'to lead' or 'to carry,' and the exact derivation is disputed. In the Hebrew Bible, yōbēl is the fiftieth year of release and restoration described in Leviticus 25, when slaves were freed, land returned to its original owners, and fields lay fallow. The Septuagint used Greek aphesis, 'release,' in describing this year, while the Latin Vulgate used iubilaeus, a form based on Greek iōbēlaios that lies behind English jubilee. The Latin spelling was also associated with jubilare, 'to shout for joy,' which strengthened the word's celebratory sense. Literally, the name is tied to the ram's-horn proclamation of the Jubilee year; in customary use it means a time of liberation and rejoicing.
Jubilee Name History & Origins
The word behind Jubilee is ancient, but its use as a personal name is a later English development. In the Hebrew Bible, yōbēl appears in Leviticus 25 and Numbers 36:4 as the name of the fiftieth-year institution. The Septuagint used Greek aphesis, 'release,' and the Latin Vulgate used iubilaeus, the form that lies behind English jubilee. Old French jubilé passed into Middle English as jubile. In Christian history, the word gained a specific institutional meaning when Pope Boniface VIII proclaimed the first Roman Jubilee in 1300, a holy year of pilgrimage and remission; later popes repeated and extended the practice. From that religious sense, jubilee broadened in English to mean any season or anniversary of celebration, including a fiftieth anniversary and, by extension, a twenty-fifth. As a given name, Jubilee is a vocabulary name drawn from the English noun. In modern popular culture, it is familiar from the X-Men character Jubilation Lee, called Jubilee, a fictional use that is a notable association rather than the origin of the word.
How Popular is the Name Jubilee?
Jubilee 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 2025. Its best rank was #1,053 in 2025.
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 | #1,053 | 234 | 0.0146% |
| 2024 | #1,103 | 221 | 0.0137% |
| 2023 | #1,303 | 175 | 0.0109% |
| 2022 | #1,183 | 203 | 0.0124% |
| 2021 | #1,145 | 215 | 0.0131% |
| 2020 | #1,378 | 158 | 0.0098% |
| 2019 | #1,314 | 174 | 0.0104% |
| 2018 | #1,304 | 175 | 0.0103% |
| 2017 | #1,259 | 188 | 0.0109% |
| 2016 | #1,116 | 228 | 0.0129% |
| 2015 | #1,118 | 229 | 0.0128% |
| 2014 | #1,385 | 167 | 0.0094% |
| 2013 | #1,442 | 156 | 0.0089% |
| 2012 | #1,427 | 160 | 0.0091% |
| 2011 | #1,919 | 104 | 0.0059% |
| 2010 | #2,103 | 94 | 0.0053% |
| 2009 | #2,157 | 93 | 0.0051% |
| 2008 | #2,241 | 88 | 0.0047% |
| 2007 | #2,973 | 60 | 0.0031% |
| 2006 | #2,717 | 66 | 0.0035% |
| 2005 | #2,491 | 70 | 0.0038% |
| 2004 | #3,020 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2003 | #2,973 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 2002 | #3,429 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2001 | #4,907 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2000 | #3,092 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1999 | #3,746 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1998 | #2,591 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 1997 | #3,318 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1996 | #4,374 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1995 | #4,592 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #4,305 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1993 | #6,088 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #14,255 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #7,636 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #12,018 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #9,128 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #12,667 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #9,224 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #8,053 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #11,415 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #8,556 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #6,965 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #9,728 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #8,536 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #8,925 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #6,889 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #6,161 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #9,377 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #9,316 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #13,012 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #9,033 | 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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