Boys' name · since 1979
Jaray
Jaray has 274 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,153 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,001 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaray currently ranks #11001 among boys' names in America, with 274 babies recorded since 1979.
Jaray has 274 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11001 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of boys, 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 1979 to 2025.
- #11,153 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,001 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 274 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaray ranks #11,153 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,001 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 274 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,153 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,001 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaray's 274 recorded births place it above 75.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jaray compares
274 44th percentile among 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
Jaray's all-time total is 26% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaray | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 274 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jaray's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaray's full recorded timeline at 2001, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaray popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Jaray by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (83 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Jaray's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Jaray births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
82 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 83 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Jaray's decade-level peak was the 2000s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 12 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaray: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Jaray 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.