girls:
100 births since 1956
#5616 (2nd percentile)
boys:
238 births since 1993
#4348 (5th percentile)
overall:
338 births since 1956
#7401 (4th percentile)
The name Jaki is the #7,401 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 338 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 4.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,348 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 238 births since 1993. For girls, it ranks #5,616 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 100 births since 1956.
Jaki first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Jaki is available in 41 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (27 years for boys and 15 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 Jaki has been given predominantly to boys, with 70.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Jaki were boys. Interestingly, until around 1994, the name was more popular for girls (94.1% girls from 1956 to 1993), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (97.9% boys from 1994 to 2023).
For boys, Jaki reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #860) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jaki ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 47.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jaki reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #748) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jaki".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jaki. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.0% confident that Jaki is pronounced as JAH-kee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-kee, at 40.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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