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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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.
See more about Jaye
- 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)
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1956 at #733 (173 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1955–1957
- 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%)
- 31.8% of all girls named Jaye (784) were born in this decade
- 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.
Jaye in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 24,581 of them was named Jaye, which outranked 83.3% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,102Kevin80
- #1,102Louanne80
- #1,102Wendi80
- #1,108Jaye79
- #1,108Aline79
- #1,108Coral79
- #1,108Dawna79
- #1,118Jacki78
- #1,118Juli78
- #1,118Lidia78
Tied with 9 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 78,414 of them was named Jaye, which outranked 65.7% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,466Sid27
- #1,466Tillman27
- #1,466Vann27
- #1,496Jaye26
- #1,496Alphonzo26
- #1,496Andra26
- #1,496Andrea26
- #1,525Adalberto25
- #1,525Agapito25
- #1,525Anibal25
Tied with 28 names at #1,496; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.