Jaray — boys' name
274 babies named Jaray in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
274 boys have been named Jaray since 1979, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2025.
- 274
- total births
- 1979–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 30%
- born in that decade
30% of everyone ever named Jaray was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Jaray in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaray
The Social Security Administration has registered 274 babies named Jaray between 1979 and 2025, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaray currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaray performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jaray shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaray 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 274 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.
Jaray at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaray popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1979
- Peak year (1997)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
274 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 13 births in a single year.
Jaray by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 83 births that decade — 30% of Jaray's all-time total
Jaray decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaray's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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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, 1979–2025 (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.