Jay Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Jay: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 195,548 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

195,548

Peak year

1960 #78

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

+2.3%

In the 1960s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	718	#397
2012	772	#386
2013	767	#389
2014	850	#371
2015	806	#393
2016	818	#392
2017	859	#382
2018	799	#398
2019	848	#374
2020	808	#380
2021	864	#377
2022	897	#367
2023	837	#381
2024	822	#396
2025	809	#392

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1960

406

397

343

322

307

303

Names from the same era

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Names similar to Jay

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