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Jaye

#8,070 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Feminine form of Jay

Jaye has been given to 3,586 babies in the U.S. since 1927. In 2025 it ranked #8,070 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1956, with 173 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% girls, 31% boys all-time.

Babies named Jaye, 2025

1 in 255,000

Jaye over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jaye over time

In 2025, Jaye went to 52% girls and 48% boys.

19202025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jaye: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Jay

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jaye means

Jaye is a feminine form of Jay.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jaye → Jay. The family’s meaning is “victory”, recorded in English with the source elements jay.

Origin, language, and formation

Jaye is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jay.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,468 girls were recorded with the name Jaye between 1927 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 173 in 1956; its best national rank was #733 in 1956.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,182 in 2015 to #8,070 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,118 boys were recorded with the name Jaye between 1920 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 32 in 1959; its best national rank was #1,392 in 1959.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,351 in 2020 to #6,973 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,849 in 2015 to #6,973 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jaye?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 124,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#8,070
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jaye sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jaye. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jayes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jaye was born before 1962 — so the typical Jaye is around 63 today.

Median birth year
1962
About 63 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
31.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
13.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,225
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1950s — 31.8% of all recorded uses (784).

Is Jaye rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,130
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
+112
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.93×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
7.5%
Peak was 1956 (173)
Years since peak
69
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#733
1956

Spellings of Jaye

Jaye is not the most common spelling — Janet is, with 14.6% against Jaye's 0.06%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jaye is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jaye was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 181,668 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in 100,000
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in 100,000
  4. 4Maine1 in 100,000
  5. 5New York1 in 100,000
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 100,000
  8. 8Wisconsin1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jaye has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jaye is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jaye was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,834,433 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jaye has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jaye around the world

Where Jaye ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2010
    #4,012
    in 2010
  • Scotland
    1986–2008
    #793
    in 2008
  • Ireland
    2002–2002
    #620
    in 2002
  • Canada
    1999–1999
    #2,493
    in 1999
  • South Australia
    1949–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Jaye

People whose public names include Jaye, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jaye by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,070
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#733
1956
Peak year
1956
173 that year
First recorded
1927
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,468
Count in 2025
13

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,973
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,378
Best rank ever
#1,392
1959
Peak year
1959
32 that year
First recorded
1920
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,118
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Jaye

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JayaJayJayciJayceRayeMayeJaynaJaymeeJaymieJaydJaycieJaydahJaydeJayahShayeJayanaJaylenJayliJaynieJaydinJaylynJaylieJaymeJaynee

Names with a curve like Jaye

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jaye, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MelodeeBrindaBeckieJoetteLiseSheilahCaronRandyCathiMeriDreamaValorie

Sibling names for Jaye

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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