girls:
156 births since 1977
#5560 (3rd percentile)
boys:
418 births since 1977
#4168 (9th percentile)
overall:
574 births since 1977
#7165 (7th percentile)
The name Jaquay is the #7,165 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 574 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 7.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,168 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 418 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,560 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 156 births since 1977.
Jaquay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 . Birth data for Jaquay is available in 40 out of the 46 years between 1977 and 2022 (37 years for boys and 16 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 Jaquay has been given predominantly to boys, with 72.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Jaquay were boys. Interestingly, until around 1992, the name was more popular for girls (60.9% girls from 1977 to 1991), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (86.9% boys from 1992 to 2022).
For boys, Jaquay reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #801) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Jaquay reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #723) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jaquay".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jaquay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.6% confident that Jaquay is pronounced as juhk-WAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zhuh-KAY, at 17.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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