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Jai

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~6,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,459 among boys
Births in 2025
141 6,535 since 1880
Typical age
16 years, median

Jai popularity over time

Jai rank by birth year, 1959–2025Jai ranked #3,290 in 1959 and #1,459 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,014, in 2014.#1,000#1,459best #1,014 in 20141960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1959–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2014: 234 births recorded as Jai. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1957. The 2025 position is #1,459, on 141 births.

The ten-year change is -28%. Year on year the rank dropped by 164.

Babies named Jai per yearPeaks at 234 births in 2014.234 in 201401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Jai?

An estimated 6,400 living Americans are called Jai. That is out of 6,535 recorded births since 1880. The split is about 1,400 women and 5,000 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Jai?

Median age among living Jais: 16. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Jai a current name.

Your Jai

Ages of living people named JaiHalf of living Jais are older than 16 and half younger.median 160204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Jai is most common

The name is concentrated in Louisiana, at 2.8× the national rate. Georgia and Florida follow.

Where Jai is used more than average3 states use the name Jai more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: 2.8× the national rateLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: 1.5× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 1.5× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Jai is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Louisiana 62 2.8×
Georgia 82 1.5×
Florida 150 1.5×

Is Jai a boy's or a girl's name?

21% girls79% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans boys, but 19.6% of births in the last decade were girls. Across the whole record, 21.0% of births under the name were girls.

Jai in England and Wales

ONS recorded 39 births named Jai in 2025, ranking it #822.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Jai comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Sanskrit.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Jai

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Jai Courtney Australian actor 1986 42
Jai Hindley Australian cyclist 1996 27
Jai Ram Thakur Indian politician 1965 14
Jai Taurima Australian long jumper 1972 14
Jai Crawford Australian bicycle racer 1983 12
Jai Angsuthasawit Thai-Australian cyclist 1995 8
Jai Waetford Australian singer 1999 8
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Jai

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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