Jayjay — #12650 US boys' name
200 babies named Jayjay in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Jayjay was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Jayjay in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jayjay
The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Jayjay between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jayjay currently holds the #12650 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jayjay performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jayjay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jayjay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jayjay 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 200 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.
Jayjay at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Jayjay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #12650 among boys.
200 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 12 births in a single year.
Jayjay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 91 births that decade — 46% of Jayjay's all-time total
Jayjay decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jayjay's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Jayjay by state
Where Jayjay concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 200 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1974–2024 (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.