Jahkai — #1463 US boys' name
674 babies named Jahkai in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Jahkai was born in this single decade.
124 babies were named Jahkai in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jahkai
The Social Security Administration has registered 674 babies named Jahkai between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jahkai currently holds the #1463 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 124 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jahkai performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 322 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jahkai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 79 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Jahkai in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jahkai in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 674 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jahkai at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Jahkai popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2024)
- 124
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #1463 among boys.
674 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 124 births in a single year.
Jahkai popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2021 (Jahkai as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jahkai accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jahkai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 322 births that decade — 48% of Jahkai's all-time total
Jahkai decade highlights
- Peak decade 322 births
- Runner-up 222 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Jahkai's strongest decade
322 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Jahkai by state
Where Jahkai concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 79 | 11.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 26 | 3.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 15 | 2.2% |
| #4 | California | | 14 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Texas | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
79 of 674 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 11.7% of nationwide
- New York 3.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.2% of nationwide
- California 2.1% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 11.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jahkai appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.