first name
JAI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,708 people named Jai, 39.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 29.7% as Black and 13.1% as White. 77.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jai peaked in 2014, when 234 babies got the name.
At least 6,535 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jai by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,235. The largest share of babies named Jai, 40.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jai is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jai has been most common in Louisiana (4.2×), Florida (2.8×), and California (2.4×), and least common in Ohio (0.29×).
3,064 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jai
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jai, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jai ranks #88,925 of 156,621, with 224 people. See Jai as a last name
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