Jakai Boy
How popular is Jakai?
#569 boy name in 2025
519 baby boys were named Jakai in the US in 2025, making it the 569th most popular boy name.
Jakai popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #569 for boys (▲ 77 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 519 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+299% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,346 in 2015, #1,084 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (519 boys) |
| Highest rank | #569 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jakai 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 Jakai is most popular
Babies named Jakai per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Carolina: 0.7 per 1,000 (68 boys)
- Georgia: 0.6 per 1,000 (160 boys)
- Nevada: 0.6 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Alabama: 0.5 per 1,000 (53 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.4 per 1,000 (53 boys)
Jakai by decade
Boy names about as popular as Jakai
Questions
- Is Jakai a boy or girl name?
- Jakai is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Jakai were boys.
- How popular is the name Jakai?
- 519 baby boys were named Jakai in the US in 2025, making it the 569th most popular boy name.
- When was Jakai most popular?
- Jakai peaked in 2025, when 519 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #569 in 2025.
- How many people are named Jakai?
- 4,265 babies have been named Jakai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,238 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Jakai most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jakai was most common in South Carolina, at 0.7 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.