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Jay
Pronounced /d͡ʒeɪ/
Rank in 2024
#396
Born in 2024
819
Peak year
1960 · #78
Origin
Hindi
Also recorded for girls:16 in 2024 (#7,082)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 819 boys were named Jay, about 1 in every 2,094.
- It peaked in 1960 with 5,383 babies, ranked #78.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 194,725 boys 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.
- 0.7Greatest1901–27
- 1.0Silent1928–45
- 1.9Boomers1946–64
- 1.6Gen X1965–80
- 0.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 11,718 babies, 0.70 per 1,000. Silent: 21,119 babies, 1.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 71,283 babies, 1.90 per 1,000. Gen X: 43,718 babies, 1.61 per 1,000. Millennials: 21,906 babies, 0.72 per 1,000. Gen Z: 12,976 babies, 0.41 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,964 babies, 0.46 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.