Unisex name · since 1983
Jaie
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 29 babies named Jaie, peaking in 1986. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,298 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
29 girls have been named Jaie since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jaie has 29 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1986.
- #41,298 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaie ranks #41,298 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #41,298 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jaie's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaie's full recorded timeline at 1985, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1986
- Peak year (1986)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1986.
29 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 14 births in a single year.
Jaie popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1985 (Jaie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jaie accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaie by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (29 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Jaie's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Jaie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 29 births (100% of all-time use).
Jaie decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jaie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1983–1986 (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 Jaie 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.
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