# Jai (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jai/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒeɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,535 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,160 / 1,375 (21% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,882, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 4,399 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4,425 |
| 2013 | 33 | 4,371 |
| 2014 | 33 | 4,391 |
| 2015 | 45 | 3,503 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,672 |
| 2017 | 44 | 3,506 |
| 2018 | 43 | 3,582 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,526 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4,108 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,835 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,997 |
| 2023 | 32 | 4,403 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,998 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,205 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 153 | 1,167 |
| 2012 | 142 | 1,246 |
| 2013 | 157 | 1,153 |
| 2014 | 201 | 1,016 |
| 2015 | 150 | 1,226 |
| 2016 | 141 | 1,292 |
| 2017 | 136 | 1,327 |
| 2018 | 149 | 1,242 |
| 2019 | 166 | 1,170 |
| 2020 | 162 | 1,190 |
| 2021 | 165 | 1,191 |
| 2022 | 161 | 1,222 |
| 2023 | 165 | 1,209 |
| 2024 | 151 | 1,298 |
| 2025 | 122 | 1,460 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19 | 1,058 |
| 2001 | 13 | 1,439 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1,928 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 160 | 277 |
| 2012 | 136 | 328 |
| 2013 | 110 | 369 |
| 2014 | 106 | 388 |
| 2015 | 75 | 518 |
| 2016 | 88 | 459 |
| 2017 | 60 | 606 |
| 2018 | 55 | 643 |
| 2019 | 47 | 707 |
| 2020 | 32 | 898 |
| 2021 | 45 | 751 |
| 2022 | 34 | 901 |
| 2023 | 52 | 672 |
| 2024 | 33 | 945 |
| 2025 | 39 | 822 |

## People named Jai

- Jai Courtney, Australian actor (born 1986)
- Jai Hindley, Australian cyclist
- Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper
- Jai Crawford, Australian bicycle racer
- Jai Waetford, Australian singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.