Jiayi — #14495 US unisex name
112 babies named Jiayi in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
73% of everyone ever named Jiayi was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Jiayi in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jiayi
The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Jiayi between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jiayi currently holds the #14495 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Jiayi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 60 additional births since 2009.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jiayi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jiayi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jiayi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jiayi 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 112 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.
Jiayi at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jiayi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2016)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #14495 among girls.
112 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 12 births in a single year.
Jiayi popularity over time — boys
60 total births recorded since 2009 (Jiayi as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Jiayi accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jiayi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 82 births that decade — 73% of Jiayi's all-time total
Jiayi decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jiayi's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
Jiayi by state
Where Jiayi concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 9.8% |
11 of 112 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.8% 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, 2007–2024 (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.