Jaye
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 68.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 173 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,468since 1927
Jaye over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1964 | #1,731 | 45 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #1,392 | 64 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #1,266 | 76 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #1,288 | 74 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #1,138 | 91 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,165 | 83 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #1,112 | 90 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #887 | 132 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #733 | 173 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #913 | 116 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,108 | 79 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,764 | 29 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #1,598 | 34 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jaye! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1933, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jaye is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Massachusetts#397 · 1 in 5,955
- Oklahoma#470 · 1 in 4,264
- Ohio#691 · 1 in 11,871
- Florida#722 · 1 in 9,492
- Pennsylvania#767 · 1 in 16,559
Best ever in a state: #256 in Maine, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #397 | 9 | 1 in 5,955 |
| Oklahoma | #470 | 5 | 1 in 4,264 |
| Ohio | #691 | 9 | 1 in 11,871 |
| Florida | #722 | 5 | 1 in 9,492 |
| Pennsylvania | #767 | 7 | 1 in 16,559 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jaye
- 1,061 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #7,885)
- 123 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #7,885)
- Biggest jump: 195 spots in 1955 (#1,108 → #913)
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1958 (#887 → #1,112)
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1956 at #733 (173 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1955–1957
- Highest: 1 in 11,605 girls born in 1956 were named Jaye (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.8% of all girls named Jaye (784) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #4,286 (1927) | #4,428 |
| 1930s | 37 | #2,570 (1937) | #3,512 |
| 1940s | 195 | #1,598 (1948) | #2,256 |
| 1950s | 784 | #733 (1956) | #1,350 |
| 1960s | 512 | #1,138 (1960) | #1,743 |
| 1970s | 231 | #2,506 (1973) | #3,157 |
| 1980s | 179 | #3,242 (1983) | #4,521 |
| 1990s | 162 | #4,687 (1994) | #6,072 |
| 2000s | 137 | #6,055 (2003) | #8,200 |
| 2010s | 156 | #5,622 (2016) | #7,615 |
| 2020s | 64 | #7,250 (2021) | #8,196 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jaye in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 22,351 of them was named Jaye, which outranked 84.2% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,104Lory91
- #1,104Marissa91
- #1,104Tama91
- #1,112Jaye90
- #1,112Candis90
- #1,112Cathey90
- #1,112Giselle90
- #1,120Aline89
- #1,120Carolann89
- #1,120Carolynn89
Tied with 7 names at #1,112; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 106,120 of them was named Jaye, which outranked 60.8% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,724Thompson21
- #1,724Woodie21
- #1,724Zachery21
- #1,766Jaye20
- #1,766Agapito20
- #1,766Algie20
- #1,766Alvino20
- #1,838Alice19
- #1,838Ardis19
- #1,838Arnett19
Tied with 71 names at #1,766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.