Boys' name · since 1997
Jahkai
843 babies named Jahkai in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,720 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,216 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 843
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jahkai currently ranks #1216 among boys' names in America, with 843 babies recorded since 1997.
Jahkai has 843 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1216 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #5,720 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,216 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 843 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahkai ranks #5,720 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,216 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 843 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,720 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,216 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 843
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jahkai's 843 recorded births place it above 87.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Jahkai compares
843 Top 34% higher than 66% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jahkai's all-time total is 128% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jahkai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 843 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 167 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jahkai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jahkai's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 167, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jahkai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 167
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Jahkai popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2021 (Jahkai as girls' name)
Jahkai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (491 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Jahkai's strongest decade.
491 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Jahkai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 124
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
222 births
- 2020s
2020s
491 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 491 births (58% of all-time use).
How Jahkai compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jahkai's total volume
Jahkai by state
Where Jahkai concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 98 | 11.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 38 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 31 | 3.7% |
| #4 | California | | 19 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 16 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 15 | 1.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 14 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 13 | 1.5% |
98 of 843 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Jahkai appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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- Florida records the most Jahkais (98 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jahkai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1997–2025 (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 Jahkai 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.