Boys' name · since 1990
Cejay
Cejay has 141 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,161 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 141
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cejay sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 141 recorded since 1990.
Cejay has 141 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2022.
- #15,161 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 141 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cejay ranks #15,161 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 141 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,161 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 141
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cejay's 141 recorded births place it above 66.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cejay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cejay splits its recorded history at 2002: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cejay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2022
- Peak year (2003)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Cejay by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (79 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Cejay's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Cejay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 79 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Cejay's decade-level peak was the 2000s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cejay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cejay draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.