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Jiraiya

Jiraiya was the #988 boys' name in the US in 2025 (231 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #1,944 in Canada.

Jiraiya as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jiraiya 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Jiraiya 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.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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#988 (231)#3,684 (5)#1,944 (10)
2024#916 (254)#5,120 (3)#2,710 (6)
2023#735 (357)#2,814 (7)#1,687 (11)
2022#796 (317)#3,049 (6)#2,052 (8)
2021#825 (289)—#1,761 (10)
2020#1,081 (184)#3,848 (4)—
2019#1,394 (127)—#2,756 (5)
2018#1,553 (108)#4,749 (3)#2,740 (5)
2017#1,746 (88)—#1,720 (10)
2016#2,255 (59)#4,810 (3)—
2015#2,684 (45)——
2014#2,985 (38)——
2013#3,964 (25)——
2012#3,179 (35)——
2011#3,235 (34)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #735.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2007.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Jiraiya were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,400 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 7,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jiraiya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jiraiya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth 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: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #789TXFlorida: #1,126FL
Jiraiya (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
JiraiyaCanadaBoys#1,94410
JiraiyaEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
JiraiyaUSGirls#6,11619
JiraiyaUSBoys#988231