Jaye
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 68.8% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 173 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,468since 1927
Jaye over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1964 | #1,731 | 45 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #1,392 | 64 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #1,266 | 76 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #1,288 | 74 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #1,138 | 91 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,165 | 83 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #1,112 | 90 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #887 | 132 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #733 | 173 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #913 | 116 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,108 | 79 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,764 | 29 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #1,598 | 34 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1927
The first year at least five girls were named Jaye! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1933, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Brand new
- 1,061 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #7,885)
- 123 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #7,885)
- Biggest jump: 195 spots in 1955 (#1,108 → #913)
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1958 (#887 → #1,112)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1956 at #733 (173 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1955–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,605
- Highest: 1 in 11,605 girls born in 1956 were named Jaye (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 31.8% of all girls named Jaye (784) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2021
- Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #4,286 (1927) | #4,428 |
| 1930s | 37 | #2,570 (1937) | #3,512 |
| 1940s | 195 | #1,598 (1948) | #2,256 |
| 1950s | 784 | #733 (1956) | #1,350 |
| 1960s | 512 | #1,138 (1960) | #1,743 |
| 1970s | 231 | #2,506 (1973) | #3,157 |
| 1980s | 179 | #3,242 (1983) | #4,521 |
| 1990s | 162 | #4,687 (1994) | #6,072 |
| 2000s | 137 | #6,055 (2003) | #8,200 |
| 2010s | 156 | #5,622 (2016) | #7,615 |
| 2020s | 64 | #7,250 (2021) | #8,196 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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