Jai Boy
How popular is Jai?
#1,459 boy name in 2025
122 baby boys were named Jai in the US in 2025, making it the 1459th most popular boy name. Another 19 girls got the name (#6,115 for girls).
Jai popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,459 for boys (▼ 164 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 122 boys, 19 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,223 in 2015, #1,189 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (201 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,014 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1959 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 80% boys, 20% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jai counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jay family of names ranked #338 for boys in 2025 (#332 the year before), with 972 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jay | 809 | 83% |
| Jai | 122 | 13% |
| Jah | 35 | 4% |
| Ja | 6 | 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 Jai is most popular
Babies named Jai per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 boys)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (74 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (116 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (91 boys)
Jai by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1960s | 128 | #1,280 |
| 1970s | 362 | #1,289 |
| 1980s | 314 | #1,187 |
| 1990s | 487 | #1,433 |
| 2000s | 1,387 | #1,038 |
| 2010s | 1,549 | #1,014 |
| 2020s | 926 | #1,188 |
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Questions
- Is Jai a boy or girl name?
- Jai is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 80% of babies named Jai were boys.
- How popular is the name Jai?
- 122 baby boys were named Jai in the US in 2025, making it the 1459th most popular boy name. Another 19 girls got the name (#6,115 for girls).
- When was Jai most popular?
- Jai peaked in 2014, when 201 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,014 in 2014.
- How many people are named Jai?
- 6,535 babies have been named Jai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,398 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Jai most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jai was most common in Louisiana, at 0.3 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.