Jaye
Jaye is given to both girls and boys: 13 girls and 12 boys were given it in 2025 (#8,070 among girls’ names and #6,973 among boys’, #8,936 among all names counting both); 3,586 Americans have been recorded with it since 1920 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,010 Americans named Jaye and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 32 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jaye by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jaye mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jaye is “a unisex given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jaye?
#8,070 among girls’ names, 2025
Jaye rose from #8,182 in 2015 to #8,070 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 7.8 to 8.1 per million.
190 babies in 1956, the peak
Jaye peaked in 1956, when 190 babies were given it (173 girls, #733 among girls’ names). The 25 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 13% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,070 | 12 | #6,973 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,200 | 6 | #11,535 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,900 | 7 | #10,166 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,426 | 5 | #13,171 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,415 | 13 | #6,481 |
| 2020 | under 5 | 9 | #8,351 | |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,850 | 17 | #5,427 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,426 | 9 | #8,447 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,228 | 8 | #9,218 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,703 | 9 | #8,429 |
Every recorded year (99)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #8,182 | 15 | #5,849 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,682 | 10 | #7,807 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,854 | 8 | #9,158 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,336 | 12 | #6,793 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,848 | 10 | #7,744 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,757 | 15 | #5,857 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,839 | 5 | #13,310 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,735 | 9 | #8,603 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,800 | 10 | #7,846 |
| 2006 | 15 | #8,028 | 12 | #6,645 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,074 | 6 | #10,672 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,233 | 14 | #5,611 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,163 | 6 | #10,124 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,592 | 5 | #11,463 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,677 | 10 | #6,668 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,949 | 12 | #5,720 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,308 | 11 | #5,808 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,453 | 10 | #6,025 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,299 | 6 | #8,624 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,377 | 10 | #5,738 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,529 | 8 | #6,639 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,735 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,297 | 17 | #3,725 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,721 | 11 | #5,031 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,765 | 22 | #2,943 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,653 | 17 | #3,513 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,559 | 14 | #3,893 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,550 | 20 | #2,794 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,360 | 12 | #3,836 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,908 | 10 | #4,276 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,641 | 13 | #3,496 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,907 | 15 | #3,022 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,277 | 12 | #3,509 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,937 | 12 | #3,573 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,214 | 11 | #3,720 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,597 | 15 | #3,013 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,753 | 9 | #4,210 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,229 | 16 | #2,723 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,958 | 14 | #2,972 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,223 | 20 | #2,283 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,906 | 12 | #3,138 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,245 | 7 | #4,370 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,529 | 18 | #2,263 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,997 | 11 | #3,051 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,828 | 17 | #2,319 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,249 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,542 | 19 | #1,937 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,181 | 19 | #1,866 |
| 1967 | 32 | #2,096 | 16 | #1,995 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,073 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,814 | 19 | #1,831 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,736 | 21 | #1,763 |
| 1963 | 64 | #1,397 | 16 | #2,074 |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,270 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1961 | 74 | #1,291 | 23 | #1,714 |
| 1960 | 91 | #1,139 | 18 | #1,942 |
| 1959 | 83 | #1,169 | 32 | #1,392 |
| 1958 | 90 | #1,114 | 20 | #1,798 |
| 1957 | 132 | #890 | 18 | #1,919 |
| 1956 | 173 | #733 | 17 | #1,976 |
| 1955 | 116 | #912 | 13 | #2,255 |
| 1954 | 79 | #1,114 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,045 | 9 | #2,803 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,694 | 9 | #2,773 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,148 | 8 | #2,942 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,774 | 11 | #2,375 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,237 | 8 | #2,893 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,609 | 6 | #3,476 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,800 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,115 | 8 | #2,797 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,849 | 6 | #3,152 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,144 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,860 | 5 | #3,777 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,075 | 7 | #3,073 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,749 | 5 | #3,755 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,654 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 5 | #3,721 | |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,649 | 7 | #3,015 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,621 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,513 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 9 | #3,028 | 6 | #3,475 |
| 1933 | under 5 | 5 | #3,902 | |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,711 | 7 | #3,221 |
| 1931 | under 5 | 6 | #3,579 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 10 | #2,686 | |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,910 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,537 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 8 | #3,303 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 5 | #4,621 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jaye a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,586 Americans recorded as Jaye, 69% are girls and 31% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jaye: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jaye, and how old are they?
3,010 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 3,586 Americans ever recorded as Jaye. The median Jaye alive today is 56 years old; half are between 32 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 3,205 people named Jaye (2,316 women and girls, 889 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,051 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 72 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,190 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 590 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 467 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 383 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 302 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jaye born?
The states with the most babies named Jaye are California, New York and Texas, with 54% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 113 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 94 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 90 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 50 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 41 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Massachusetts | 37 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 33 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 19 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Wisconsin | 17 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Jersey | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jaye with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 9,818 babies since 1880, Jaye is the second most given (37% of them). In 2025 it was given to 25 of their 186 babies (13%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jaye
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1920-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Caron | 4,212 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jaye and names like it
- Compare Jaye and JayaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sJaye peaked in 1956.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jaye since 1910.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Jaye.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jaye alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.