Jay

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #392in 2025
  • 1 in 2,111boys in 2025
  • +13%last ten years
  • 3.2×in Utah

Most popular in 1960.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,2632,52518801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Jay, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880932
1881953
1882704
1883927
1884961
1885844
1886966
18871,045
18881,009
1889940
1890973
1891978
1892910
1893935
1894829
1895775
1896652
1897727
1898693
1899593
1900711
1901902
1902726
1903688
1904741
1905695
1906653
1907620
1908577
1909598
1910618
1911558
1912740
1913681
1914579
1915633
1916719
1917695
1918697
1919650
1920626
1921752
1922717
1923756
1924754
1925707
1926745
1927772
1928694
1929783
1930812
1931834
1932895
1933957
1934904
19351,025
19361,062
19371,075
19381,065
19391,035
19401,114
19411,153
19421,157
19431,172
19441,140
19451,308
19461,352
19471,333
19481,295
19491,385
19501,443
19511,401
19521,558
19531,640
19541,654
19551,649
19561,948
19572,146
19582,369
19592,314
19602,525
19612,410
19622,493
19632,324
19642,292
19652,120
19662,017
19672,071
19681,972
19691,779
19701,838
19711,621
19721,507
19731,421
19741,501
19751,392
19761,342
19771,276
19781,310
19791,246
19801,112
1981998
1982919
1983860
1984861
1985825
1986806
1987796
1988715
1989722
1990683
1991628
1992611
1993564
1994570
1995531
1996497
1997502
1998436
1999445
2000442
2001457
2002425
2003410
2004414
2005427
2006422
2007362
2008374
2009362
2010358
2011378
2012407
2013405
2014443
2015421
2016431
2017464
2018440
2019473
2020468
2021494
2022514
2023489
2024477
2025474

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Utah 3.2×
  2. Idaho 2.1×
  3. Iowa 1.8×
  4. Indiana 1.6×
  5. Massachusetts 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
809
Rank in 2025
#392
How rare
1 in 2,111 boys
Since 1880
195,548

Most popular in 1960, at 2,525 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 13% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Utah3.2×89
Idaho2.1×25
Iowa1.8×36
Indiana1.6×74
Massachusetts1.5×57

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.