Jhai — boys' name
49 babies named Jhai in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
49 boys have been named Jhai since 2003, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.
- 49
- total births
- 2003–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Jhai was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Jhai in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jhai
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Jhai between 2003 and 2023, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jhai currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Jhai is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jhai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jhai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jhai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jhai 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 49 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.
Jhai at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jhai popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2003
- Peak year (2023)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
49 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 11 births in a single year.
Jhai popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1998 (Jhai as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jhai accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jhai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 27 births that decade — 55% of Jhai's all-time total
Jhai decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jhai's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Jhai by state
Where Jhai concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 6 | 12.2% |
6 of 49 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 12.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 12.2% 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, 2003–2023 (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.