Jiraiya Boy
How popular is Jiraiya?
#988 boy name in 2025
231 baby boys were named Jiraiya in the US in 2025, making it the 988th most popular boy name. Another 19 girls got the name (#6,115 for girls).
Jiraiya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #988 for boys (▼ 72 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 231 boys, 19 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+413% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,683 in 2015, #1,081 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (357 boys) |
| Highest rank | #735 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 2007 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 94% boys, 6% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jiraiya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jiraiya family of names ranked #903 for boys in 2025 (#846 the year before), with 237 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jiraiya | 231 | 97% |
| Jiraiyah | 6 | 3% |
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 Jiraiya is most popular
Babies named Jiraiya per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.0 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Nevada: 0.4 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- North Dakota: 0.4 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (238 boys)
Jiraiya by decade
Boy names about as popular as Jiraiya
Questions
- Is Jiraiya a boy or girl name?
- Jiraiya is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Jiraiya were boys.
- How popular is the name Jiraiya?
- 231 baby boys were named Jiraiya in the US in 2025, making it the 988th most popular boy name. Another 19 girls got the name (#6,115 for girls).
- When was Jiraiya most popular?
- Jiraiya peaked in 2023, when 357 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #735 in 2023.
- How many people are named Jiraiya?
- 2,409 babies have been named Jiraiya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,400 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Jiraiya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jiraiya was most common in New Mexico, at 1.0 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.