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Jay
Pronounced /d͡ʒeɪ/
Rank in 2024
#7,082
Born in 2024
16
Peak year
1962 · #1452
Origin
Hindi
Also recorded for boys:819 in 2024 (#396)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 16 girls were named Jay, about 1 in every 100,824.
- It peaked in 1962 with 59 babies, ranked #1452.
- It first shows up in the records in 1896.
- 2,575 girls have been named Jay since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jay per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 345 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 455 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 838 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 459 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 236 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 110 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 127 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
==== Proper noun ==== Jay (countable and uncountable, plural Jays) (countable) An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old French jai (“jay (bird)”), a nickname for a chatty or showy person. A male given name transferred from the surname. A placename. A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England; named in the c. 13th century for the Jay family, prominent in that area (OS grid ref SO3974). A locale in the United States. A town in Santa Rosa County, Florida; named for postmaster J. T. Nowling.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A diminutive of the male given names James, Jacob, Jack, John, and Jason, or for any other name beginning with ⟨J⟩; also used as a formal given name.
- A female given name.
- (India) A male given name from Hindi.
- Origin
- Hindi
- Say it
- /d͡ʒeɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jay, CC BY-SA 4.0.