Boys' name · since 1987
Jye
Jye has 79 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,990 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,534 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jye currently ranks #12534 among boys' names in America, with 79 babies recorded since 1987.
Jye has 79 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12534 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #18,990 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,534 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 79 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jye ranks #18,990 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,534 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 79 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,990 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,534 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jye's 79 recorded births place it above 58.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jye compares
79 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jye's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jye | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 79 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jye's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Jye by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (44 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Jye's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Jye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Jye's decade-level peak was the 2010s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jye draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.