Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jay

#189 most common boys' name of all time · #397 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#189
Rank overall
#397 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
198,132
Since 2016
8,466
Peak year
1960 #78
Best rank
#78 1960
Girls Boys peak 5,429/yr
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Jay is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 809 818 #392
2024 16 822 838 #396
2023 11 837 848 #381
2022 14 897 911 #367
2021 13 864 877 #377
2020 12 808 820 #380
2019 12 848 860 #373
2018 — 799 799 #397
2017 12 859 871 #382
2016 6 818 824 #392
2015 8 806 814 #393
2014 17 850 867 #370
2013 7 767 774 #389
2012 5 772 777 #386
2011 — 718 718 #397
2010 6 687 693 #410
2009 11 719 730 #408
2008 — 763 763 #394
2007 14 752 766 #396
2006 7 867 874 #350
2005 6 852 858 #348
2004 7 822 829 #347
2003 13 810 823 #344
2002 — 825 825 #334
2001 12 888 900 #313
2000 5 869 874 #326
1999 9 855 864 #325
1998 8 833 841 #326
1997 7 946 953 #292
1996 9 942 951 #287
1995 11 1,011 1,022 #275
1994 14 1,102 1,116 #262
1993 19 1,106 1,125 #260
1992 7 1,220 1,227 #236
1991 10 1,268 1,278 #234
1990 14 1,403 1,417 #217
1989 12 1,444 1,456 #203
1988 15 1,369 1,384 #199
1987 14 1,487 1,501 #185
1986 17 1,484 1,501 #179
1985 20 1,524 1,544 #175
1984 18 1,554 1,572 #171
1983 20 1,541 1,561 #170
1982 18 1,667 1,685 #164
1981 17 1,787 1,804 #153
1980 22 1,984 2,006 #141
1979 22 2,145 2,167 #126
1978 24 2,151 2,175 #119
1977 20 2,097 2,117 #130
1976 19 2,105 2,124 #126
1975 37 2,174 2,211 #118
1974 28 2,360 2,388 #110
1973 34 2,215 2,249 #118
1972 38 2,443 2,481 #115
1971 22 2,866 2,888 #114
1970 38 3,415 3,453 #97
1969 30 3,181 3,211 #95
1968 31 3,428 3,459 #87
1967 40 3,612 3,652 #87
1966 22 3,598 3,620 #91
1965 32 3,944 3,976 #90
1964 36 4,567 4,603 #84
1963 41 4,720 4,761 #85
1962 59 5,158 5,217 #80
1961 45 5,119 5,164 #81
1960 44 5,385 5,429 #78
1959 49 4,940 4,989 #88
1958 46 5,027 5,073 #86
1957 50 4,630 4,680 #88
1956 57 4,120 4,177 #92
1955 47 3,396 3,443 #103
1954 57 3,372 3,429 #101
1953 47 3,235 3,282 #99
1952 44 3,028 3,072 #106
1951 37 2,637 2,674 #116
1950 32 2,584 2,616 #115
1949 39 2,457 2,496 #118
1948 31 2,272 2,303 #123
1947 36 2,438 2,474 #119
1946 41 2,196 2,237 #115
1945 40 1,760 1,800 #125
1944 30 1,554 1,584 #136
1943 27 1,673 1,700 #134
1942 20 1,598 1,618 #133
1941 25 1,416 1,441 #137
1940 24 1,291 1,315 #139
1939 16 1,146 1,162 #142
1938 25 1,181 1,206 #138
1937 27 1,147 1,174 #136
1936 23 1,102 1,125 #140
1935 23 1,067 1,090 #147
1934 29 933 962 #157
1933 21 949 970 #151
1932 25 934 959 #161
1931 17 867 884 #166
1930 21 891 912 #166
1929 28 842 870 #169
1928 34 769 803 #185
1927 37 870 907 #171
1926 41 827 868 #175
1925 20 789 809 #182
1924 16 854 870 #170
1923 16 829 845 #172
1922 15 780 795 #180
1921 17 828 845 #174
1920 17 666 683 #201
1919 11 637 648 #197
1918 20 706 726 #185
1917 27 643 670 #188
1916 26 640 666 #184
1915 16 537 553 #200
1914 15 379 394 #213
1913 15 349 364 #193
1912 7 318 325 #183
1911 5 126 131 #229
1910 8 120 128 #213
1909 — 98 98 #217
1908 9 89 98 #218
1907 — 91 91 #211
1906 — 87 87 #203
1905 7 92 99 #193
1904 — 95 95 #189
1903 — 82 82 #194
1902 — 89 89 #188
1901 — 96 96 #160
1900 — 107 107 #189
1899 — 63 63 #209
1898 — 85 85 #184
1897 — 82 82 #186
1896 5 78 83 #202
1895 — 91 91 #171
1894 — 96 96 #160
1893 — 105 105 #143
1892 — 111 111 #145
1891 — 99 99 #137
1890 — 108 108 #134
1889 — 104 104 #139
1888 — 122 122 #129
1887 — 106 106 #125
1886 — 107 107 #126
1885 — 91 91 #149
1884 — 110 110 #130
1883 — 97 97 #128
1882 — 80 80 #170
1881 — 96 96 #123
1880 — 103 103 #127