Jai**
#1,485 most common boys' name of all time · #3,593 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1957–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,485
Rank overall
#3,593 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
6,535
Since 2016
1,889
Peak year
2014 #1,016
Best rank
#1,016 2014
Girls
Boys
peak 234/yr
Jai first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 122 | 141 | #1,463 |
| 2024 | 37 | 151 | 188 | #1,299 |
| 2023 | 32 | 165 | 197 | #1,206 |
| 2022 | 37 | 161 | 198 | #1,222 |
| 2021 | 39 | 165 | 204 | #1,190 |
| 2020 | 34 | 162 | 196 | #1,190 |
| 2019 | 44 | 166 | 210 | #1,168 |
| 2018 | 43 | 149 | 192 | #1,241 |
| 2017 | 44 | 136 | 180 | #1,326 |
| 2016 | 42 | 141 | 183 | #1,292 |
| 2015 | 45 | 150 | 195 | #1,226 |
| 2014 | 33 | 201 | 234 | #1,016 |
| 2013 | 33 | 157 | 190 | #1,152 |
| 2012 | 33 | 142 | 175 | #1,247 |
| 2011 | 33 | 153 | 186 | #1,168 |
| 2010 | 34 | 154 | 188 | #1,178 |
| 2009 | 46 | 168 | 214 | #1,100 |
| 2008 | 42 | 140 | 182 | #1,247 |
| 2007 | 31 | 145 | 176 | #1,219 |
| 2006 | 44 | 154 | 198 | #1,124 |
| 2005 | 36 | 145 | 181 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 32 | 157 | 189 | #1,041 |
| 2003 | 31 | 139 | 170 | #1,105 |
| 2002 | 49 | 122 | 171 | #1,165 |
| 2001 | 32 | 120 | 152 | #1,157 |
| 2000 | 35 | 97 | 132 | #1,328 |
| 1999 | 33 | 79 | 112 | #1,462 |
| 1998 | 51 | 79 | 130 | #1,441 |
| 1997 | 27 | 49 | 76 | #1,897 |
| 1996 | 24 | 52 | 76 | #1,775 |
| 1995 | 38 | 60 | 98 | #1,567 |
| 1994 | 27 | 38 | 65 | #2,155 |
| 1993 | 10 | 29 | 39 | #2,550 |
| 1992 | 7 | 36 | 43 | #2,155 |
| 1991 | 15 | 32 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 1990 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #2,196 |
| 1989 | 13 | 23 | 36 | #2,732 |
| 1988 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #2,415 |
| 1987 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,370 |
| 1986 | 10 | 27 | 37 | #2,143 |
| 1985 | 9 | 31 | 40 | #1,898 |
| 1984 | 16 | 18 | 34 | #2,659 |
| 1983 | 8 | 41 | 49 | #1,506 |
| 1982 | 8 | 27 | 35 | #2,034 |
| 1981 | 9 | 39 | 48 | #1,570 |
| 1980 | 8 | 59 | 67 | #1,200 |
| 1979 | 11 | 42 | 53 | #1,452 |
| 1978 | 7 | 43 | 50 | #1,433 |
| 1977 | 8 | 48 | 56 | #1,304 |
| 1976 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,319 |
| 1975 | 11 | 41 | 52 | #1,376 |
| 1974 | 8 | 36 | 44 | #1,466 |
| 1973 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #1,397 |
| 1972 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,677 |
| 1971 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,777 |
| 1970 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,492 |
| 1969 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,300 |
| 1968 | 12 | 28 | 40 | #1,504 |
| 1967 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #1,474 |
| 1966 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,766 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,296 |
| 1962 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #3,284 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,320 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,590 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | — |