NameTides

Jakai

Jakai was the #569 boys' name in the US in 2025 (519 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Jakai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jakai as a boy’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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Jakai as a boy’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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#569 (519)#3,684 (5)#2,527 (7)
2024#646 (430)#3,689 (5)—
2023#730 (363)#4,108 (4)#2,614 (6)
2022#804 (312)——
2021#924 (245)——
2020#1,084 (183)——
2019#1,177 (164)——
2018#1,207 (155)——
2017#1,408 (124)——
2016#1,450 (119)——
2015#1,346 (130)——
2014#1,506 (107)——
2013#1,670 (90)——
2012#1,637 (94)——
2011#1,385 (120)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #569.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,300 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 3,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jakai is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 2,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jakai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: 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: #807MNIllinois: #400ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #379INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #489PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #291MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #461NCSouth Carolina: #212SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #266LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #302GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #622TXFlorida: #361FL
Jakai (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JakaiCanadaBoys#2,5277
JakaiEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
JakaiUSGirls—too few
JakaiUSBoys#569519