Jahkai Boy
How popular is Jahkai?
#1,212 boy name in 2025
167 baby boys were named Jahkai in the US in 2025, making it the 1212th most popular boy name.
Jahkai popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,212 for boys (▲ 226 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 167 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+626% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,293 in 2015, #2,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (167 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,212 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1997 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jahkai counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jakai family of names ranked #440 for boys in 2025 (#508 the year before), with 694 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jakai | 519 | 75% |
| Jahkai | 167 | 24% |
| Jacai | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jahkai is most popular
Babies named Jahkai per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (72 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (9 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (28 boys)
Jahkai by decade
Boy names about as popular as Jahkai
Questions
- Is Jahkai a boy or girl name?
- Jahkai is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Jahkai were boys.
- How popular is the name Jahkai?
- 167 baby boys were named Jahkai in the US in 2025, making it the 1212th most popular boy name.
- When was Jahkai most popular?
- Jahkai peaked in 2025, when 167 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,212 in 2025.
- How many people are named Jahkai?
- 848 babies have been named Jahkai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 843 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Jahkai most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jahkai was most common in Florida, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.