Jakai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-KY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #569 for boys
- Style
- New arrival
Jakai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 569th for boys in the US (519 babies).
Where does Jakai come from?
Modern: Ja- prefix with Kai
Is Jakai a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 519 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Jakai, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 boys.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Jakai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Jahkai 10
- Jakai 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Jakai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
How popular is Jakai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 569th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 519 about 1 in 3,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 161% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 519 boys in the US were named Jakai, making it the 569th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,084th. It first appears in the records in 1994.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most boys named Jakai of any year since it first appeared, in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Jakai in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 730 boys in the US were given Jakai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #440, up from #569 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 32% of the babies named Jakai in the US in 1997, and 2% in 2024.
Jakai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 519 | #569 |
| 2024 | 430 | #646 |
| 2023 | 363 | #730 |
| 2022 | 312 | #804 |
| 2021 | 245 | #924 |
| 2020 | 183 | #1,084 |
| 2019 | 164 | #1,177 |
| 2018 | 155 | #1,207 |
| 2017 | 124 | #1,408 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,450 |
| 2015 | 130 | #1,346 |
| 2014 | 107 | #1,506 |
| 2013 | 90 | #1,669 |
| 2012 | 94 | #1,636 |
| 2011 | 120 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 96 | #1,626 |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,390 |
| 2008 | 84 | #1,775 |
| 2007 | 98 | #1,593 |
| 2006 | 83 | #1,698 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,484 |
| 2004 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 2003 | 67 | #1,778 |
| 2002 | 60 | #1,865 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
Names like Jakai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loki, Tai, Jiyansh, Rumi, Kai, Makai, Jasai, Kasai, Krishiv, Kairo, Kroi, Jai
Other spellings of Jakai
Names related to Jakai
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jakai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakai, updated 20 October 2026.