Jay is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #778 for boy births in the United States, given to 818 babies. Jay first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1960 (5,429 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 818 | #778 |
| 2024 | 838 | #777 |
| 2023 | 848 | #749 |
| 2022 | 911 | #716 |
| 2021 | 877 | #736 |
| 2020 | 820 | #767 |
| 2019 | 860 | #746 |
| 2018 | 799 | #789 |
| 2017 | 871 | #741 |
| 2016 | 824 | #797 |
| 2015 | 814 | #789 |
| 2014 | 867 | #748 |
| 2013 | 774 | #784 |
| 2012 | 777 | #790 |
| 2011 | 718 | #832 |
| 2010 | 693 | #854 |
| 2009 | 730 | #842 |
| 2008 | 763 | #821 |
| 2007 | 766 | #825 |
| 2006 | 874 | #726 |
| 2005 | 858 | #713 |
| 2004 | 829 | #724 |
| 2003 | 823 | #710 |
| 2002 | 825 | #690 |
| 2001 | 900 | #650 |
| 2000 | 874 | #673 |
| 1999 | 864 | #669 |
| 1998 | 841 | #666 |
| 1997 | 953 | #590 |
| 1996 | 951 | #585 |
| 1995 | 1,022 | #545 |
| 1994 | 1,116 | #512 |
| 1993 | 1,125 | #508 |
| 1992 | 1,227 | #474 |
| 1991 | 1,278 | #457 |
| 1990 | 1,417 | #422 |
| 1989 | 1,456 | #394 |
| 1988 | 1,384 | #392 |
| 1987 | 1,501 | #371 |
| 1986 | 1,501 | #357 |
| 1985 | 1,544 | #350 |
| 1984 | 1,572 | #348 |
| 1983 | 1,561 | #346 |
| 1982 | 1,685 | #336 |
| 1981 | 1,804 | #313 |
| 1980 | 2,006 | #285 |
| 1979 | 2,167 | #260 |
| 1978 | 2,175 | #251 |
| 1977 | 2,117 | #266 |
| 1976 | 2,124 | #254 |
| 1975 | 2,211 | #251 |
| 1974 | 2,388 | #239 |
| 1973 | 2,249 | #249 |
| 1972 | 2,481 | #241 |
| 1971 | 2,888 | #240 |
| 1970 | 3,453 | #213 |
| 1969 | 3,211 | #211 |
| 1968 | 3,459 | #191 |
| 1967 | 3,652 | #184 |
| 1966 | 3,620 | #190 |
| 1965 | 3,976 | #186 |
| 1964 | 4,603 | #176 |
| 1963 | 4,761 | #175 |
| 1962 | 5,217 | #165 |
| 1961 | 5,164 | #177 |
| 1960 | 5,429 | #170 |
| 1959 | 4,989 | #183 |
| 1958 | 5,073 | #181 |
| 1957 | 4,680 | #188 |
| 1956 | 4,177 | #199 |
| 1955 | 3,443 | #223 |
| 1954 | 3,429 | #223 |
| 1953 | 3,282 | #218 |
| 1952 | 3,072 | #225 |
| 1951 | 2,674 | #245 |
| 1950 | 2,616 | #242 |
| 1949 | 2,496 | #250 |
| 1948 | 2,303 | #257 |
| 1947 | 2,474 | #252 |
| 1946 | 2,237 | #246 |
| 1945 | 1,800 | #269 |
| 1944 | 1,584 | #292 |
| 1943 | 1,700 | #289 |
| 1942 | 1,618 | #290 |
| 1941 | 1,441 | #295 |
| 1940 | 1,315 | #299 |
| 1939 | 1,162 | #313 |
| 1938 | 1,206 | #307 |
| 1937 | 1,174 | #309 |
| 1936 | 1,125 | #313 |
| 1935 | 1,090 | #319 |
| 1934 | 962 | #338 |
| 1933 | 970 | #330 |
| 1932 | 959 | #349 |
| 1931 | 884 | #368 |
| 1930 | 912 | #371 |
| 1929 | 870 | #378 |
| 1928 | 803 | #408 |
| 1927 | 907 | #379 |
| 1926 | 868 | #386 |
| 1925 | 809 | #412 |
| 1924 | 870 | #391 |
| 1923 | 845 | #395 |
| 1922 | 795 | #404 |
| 1921 | 845 | #398 |
| 1920 | 683 | #445 |
| 1919 | 648 | #446 |
| 1918 | 726 | #425 |
| 1917 | 670 | #427 |
| 1916 | 666 | #421 |
| 1915 | 553 | #453 |
| 1914 | 394 | #472 |
| 1913 | 364 | #441 |
| 1912 | 325 | #428 |
| 1911 | 131 | #569 |
| 1910 | 128 | #553 |
| 1909 | 98 | #587 |
| 1908 | 98 | #571 |
| 1907 | 91 | #578 |
| 1906 | 87 | #566 |
| 1905 | 99 | #521 |
| 1904 | 95 | #522 |
| 1903 | 82 | #544 |
| 1902 | 89 | #519 |
| 1901 | 96 | #464 |
| 1900 | 107 | #512 |
| 1899 | 63 | #575 |
| 1898 | 85 | #523 |
| 1897 | 82 | #509 |
| 1896 | 83 | #516 |
| 1895 | 91 | #473 |
| 1894 | 96 | #442 |
| 1893 | 105 | #405 |
| 1892 | 111 | #400 |
| 1891 | 99 | #381 |
| 1890 | 108 | #371 |
| 1889 | 104 | #370 |
| 1888 | 122 | #332 |
| 1887 | 106 | #320 |
| 1886 | 107 | #316 |
| 1885 | 91 | #346 |
| 1884 | 110 | #297 |
| 1883 | 97 | #296 |
| 1882 | 80 | #347 |
| 1881 | 96 | #271 |
| 1880 | 103 | #269 |