Jai
Jai was the 1460th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 122 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 1016th with 201 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 234 places. More babies were named Jai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,460 boys, down 270 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 122boys
- Girls and boys
- 18% girls, 82% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2014201 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,535babies recorded
Jai popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,205 | #1,460 | 19 | 122 |
| 2020 | #4,108 | #1,190 | 34 | 162 |
| 2010 | #4,338 | #1,176 | 34 | 154 |
| 2000 | #3,688 | #1,325 | 35 | 97 |
| 1990 | #10,629 | #2,190 | 7 | 33 |
| 1980 | #7,662 | #1,193 | 8 | 59 |
| 1970 | — | #2,440 | — | 15 |
| 1960 | — | #3,201 | — | 8 |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Jai, counting every spelling?
Jai has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,380 for boys in 2025, against #1,460 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Jai?
122 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jai (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jai born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 69 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jai?
About 5,000 people born in the US named Jai are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 9 and 26. That makes Jai mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jai by state
How common Jai was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (2.9×), Georgia (2.0×), Florida (1.8×). In 35 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Jai
How popular is the name Jai?
Jai was the 1460th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 122 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 1016th with 201 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 234 places. More babies were named Jai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Jai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 18% girls, 82% boys given the name Jai in the US.
Where is Jai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jai was most common in Louisiana (0.25 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Florida.