How Many People Are Named Jai?
people named Jai are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 53,520 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,535 babies named Jai in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
234 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of JAY (2) and a Tamil masculine form of JAYA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jai, 21.2% were girls and 78.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 17.9% of the babies were girls then and 17.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jai alive today is about 19 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jai first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 2014, to 234 babies. In 2025, 141 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jai has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,016, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #1,460. Among girls, its best rank was #2,665, in 1998.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,460 | #6,204 |
| Best rank | #1,016 (2014) | #2,665 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,191 in the 2010s | #3,924 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jai alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jai were born in California than in any other state: about 733 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jai was given 5.2 times as often in Louisiana, 2.1 times in New Jersey and 1.9 times in Georgia.
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