Jayr — boys' name
123 babies named Jayr in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
123 boys have been named Jayr since 1994, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 123
- total births
- 1994–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Jayr was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Jayr in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jayr
The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Jayr between 1994 and 2023, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jayr currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jayr performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jayr shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jayr in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jayr 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 123 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.
Jayr at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jayr popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1994
- Peak year (2004)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
123 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 12 births in a single year.
Jayr by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 61 births that decade — 50% of Jayr's all-time total
Jayr decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jayr's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Jayr by state
Where Jayr concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 5.7% |
7 of 123 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.7% 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, 1994–2023 (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.