boys:
830 births since 1975
#3757 (18th percentile)
overall:
830 births since 1975
#6909 (11th percentile)
The name Jahi is the #6,909 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 830 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 10.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,757 (18.0% percentile) for all time with 830 births since 1975.
Jahi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for boys in 1975). Birth data for Jahi is available in 46 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jahi reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #777) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jahi ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 30.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jahi".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jahi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.7% confident that Jahi is pronounced as JAH-hee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAH-hai, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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