Jay
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning a form of names beginning with J; also the bird.
Babies a year
856
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#392
up from #396
UK popularity
#650
56 babies · down from #500
How Jay has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #393 |
| 2016 | #394 |
| 2017 | #383 |
| 2018 | #400 |
| 2019 | #374 |
| 2020 | #381 |
| 2021 | #376 |
| 2022 | #367 |
| 2023 | #382 |
| 2024 | #396 |
| 2025 | #392 |
In 2025, 56 babies in England and Wales were named Jay. In the US, 856 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 5,384 in 1960.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Jay was most common in 1960, when it went to 0.25% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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