Jakhai

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jakhai by the numbers

Jakhai was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jakhai

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jakhai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jakhari36 in the US (2017)
  • Jachai7 in the US (2017)
  • Jahanthe world; universe32 in the US (2017)
  • Jashancelebration; joy12 in the US (2017)
  • Jakiah21 in the US (2017)
  • Jakori16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jakhai

Names that are said the same way as Jakhai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jakai133 in the US (2017)
  • Jahkai10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jacai8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jakhai

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