girls:
5 births since 2021
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
550 births since 1997
#4036 (12th percentile)
overall:
555 births since 1997
#7184 (7th percentile)
The name Jahkai is the #7,184 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 555 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 7.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,036 (11.9% percentile) for all time with 550 births since 1997. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2021.
Jahkai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for boys and 2021 for girls). Birth data for Jahkai is available in 25 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023 (25 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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.
The name Jahkai has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jahkai reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #856) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 33 births per million (ranked 6.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jahkai is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #856 (6.0% percentile) with 33 births per million.
For girls, Jahkai reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #936) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jahkai".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Jahkai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.0% confident that Jahkai is pronounced as juh-KAI, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAH-kai, at 24.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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