NameTides

Jai

Jai was the #1,459 boys' name in the US in 2025 (122 babies), and #822 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Jai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Jai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Jai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#1,459 (122)#822 (39)——#829 (3)#916 (28)——
2024#1,295 (151)#945 (33)———#997 (25)——
2023#1,205 (165)#672 (52)———#837 (29)——
2022#1,220 (161)#901 (34)———#787 (32)——
2021#1,188 (165)#751 (45)—#433 (3)—#1,039 (22)——
2020#1,189 (162)#898 (32)#599 (4)——#1,223 (17)——
2019#1,167 (166)#707 (47)#516 (5)——#941 (24)——
2018#1,238 (149)#643 (55)#472 (6)#416 (3)—#993 (22)——
2017#1,321 (136)#606 (60)#442 (7)——#1,074 (20)——
2016#1,288 (141)#459 (88)#592 (4)——#865 (27)——
2015#1,223 (150)#518 (75)#337 (10)#342 (4)—#1,007 (21)——
2014#1,014 (201)#388 (106)#289 (14)#398 (3)#609 (4)#878 (26)——
2013#1,149 (157)#369 (110)#234 (19)#271 (6)#605 (4)#1,654 (10)——
2012#1,244 (142)#328 (136)#201 (27)——#904 (24)——
2011#1,167 (153)#277 (160)#205 (24)#191 (11)#730 (3)#792 (28)——

Jai as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jai as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Jai as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,116 (19)—#2,730 (7)
2024#3,963 (37)——
2023#4,363 (32)#5,688 (3)#2,900 (6)
2022#3,963 (37)——
2021#3,801 (39)——
2020#4,078 (34)——
2019#3,499 (44)#5,591 (3)—
2018#3,559 (43)——
2017#3,479 (44)——
2016#3,656 (42)——
2015#3,478 (45)——
2014#4,350 (33)#4,684 (4)—
2013#4,336 (33)#5,742 (3)—
2012#4,387 (33)——
2011#4,353 (33)#4,049 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #1,014.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.
  • In 2025, 14% of US babies named Jai were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jai is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #934CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Jai (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#96411

Jai (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JaiCanadaGirls#2,7307
JaiCanadaBoys#91628
JaiEngland & WalesGirls—too few
JaiEngland & WalesBoys#82239
JaiIrelandBoys#8293
JaiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JaiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JaiNSWBoys—too few
JaiScotlandBoys—too few
JaiUSGirls#6,11619
JaiUSBoys#1,459122
JaiVICBoys—too few