Hello, worldnames
Hello, my name isGirlBoy

Jai

Pronounced /d͡ʒeɪ/

Rank in 2024
#1,306
Born in 2024
149
Peak year
2014 · #1017
Origin
Sanskrit

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
00.050.10.1518801900192019401960198020002020
Hover or tap the chart for any year. Per 1,000 adjusts for how many babies were born that year.
Compare Jai with other names

Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 149 boys were named Jai, about 1 in every 11,512.
  • It peaked in 2014 with 201 babies, ranked #1017.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1959.
  • 5,037 boys have been named Jai since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Jai per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 31 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 525 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 536 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,043 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,902 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
  • A female given name.
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
/d͡ʒeɪ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Jai, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Jay

    Rank
    #396
    Born '24
    819
    Origin
    Hindi
    1880peak 19602024
  • GirlBoyCooling

    Joe

    Rank
    #881
    Born '24
    272
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19362024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Joao

    Rank
    #1,403
    Born '24
    133
    Origin
    Portuguese
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Jae

    Rank
    #3,834
    Born '24
    29
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20202024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Joy

    Rank
    #4,964
    Born '24
    20
    Origin
    English
    1880peak 19222024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Jo

    Rank
    #7,499
    Born '24
    11
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19602024