girls:
1.3k births since 1957
#4406 (23rd percentile)
boys:
4.9k births since 1959
#1717 (63rd percentile)
overall:
6.2k births since 1957
#3447 (55th percentile)
The name Jai is the #3,447 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,204 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 55.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,717 (62.5% percentile) for all time with 4,886 births since 1959. For girls, it ranks #4,406 (22.9% percentile) for all time with 1,318 births since 1957.
Jai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1959 for boys). Birth data for Jai is available in 64 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023 (62 years for boys and 54 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 Jai has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 84.2% of babies named Jai were boys. Interestingly, until around 1960, the name was more popular for girls (58.8% girls from 1957 to 1959), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (78.9% boys from 1960 to 2023).
For boys, Jai reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 21.4% percentile (ranked #711) with 98 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 98 births per million (ranked 21.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jai ranks #751 for boys (17.6% percentile) with 90 births per million, which is 91.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jai reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #828) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jai ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 67.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jai".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.4% confident that Jai is pronounced as jai, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jay, at 20.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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