Jaye

Mostly girls · JAY · English

Jaye is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).

What does Jaye mean?

English: variant of Jay, or a short form of names beginning with J

Jay began as a nickname from the chattering jay bird and is now often a short form of J- names.

Say it: JAY

Is Jaye a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Jaye has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 12 boys in the US.

How popular is Jaye in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 33 girls.

Half of all the girls named Jaye in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 1996, 69% of the babies named Jaye in the UK were girls. By 2010 it was 38%, with more boys than girls since 2007.

1996Busiest: 33 in 19962022

Jaye in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2022	1	#7,487
2021	0	–
2020	0	–
2019	0	–
2018	1	#7,536
2017	0	–
2016	1	#7,664
2015	0	–
2014	0	–
2013	1	#7,690
2012	2	#7,797
2011	1	#7,717
2010	5	#4,220
2009	2	#7,309
2008	3	#5,772
2007	7	#3,060
2006	9	#2,451
2005	7	#2,806
2004	6	#2,957
2003	13	#1,649
2002	11	#1,755
2001	16	#1,325
2000	14	#1,415
1999	21	#1,065
1998	29	#854
1997	27	#895
1996	33	#755

How popular is Jaye in the US?

Rank in 2025: #7,883among girls
Babies in 2025: 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Jaye, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1956, with 173 girls. It first appears in the records in 1927. 12 boys were also named Jaye in 2025 (6,799th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Jaye in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 78% of the babies named Jaye in the US in 1947, and 50% in 2019.

1927Busiest: 173 in 19562025

Jaye in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	13	#7,883
2024	11	#8,941
2023	10	#9,611
2022	15	#7,276
2021	15	#7,245
2020	0	–
2019	17	#6,694
2018	11	#9,146
2017	16	#7,088
2016	23	#5,620
2015	14	#8,004
2014	13	#8,480
2013	18	#6,725
2012	12	#9,105
2011	13	#8,610
2010	19	#6,638
2009	16	#7,676
2008	12	#9,472
2007	12	#9,535
2006	15	#7,865
2005	14	#7,886
2004	10	#9,887
2003	19	#6,050
2002	14	#7,438
2001	10	#9,344
2000	15	#6,802
1999	20	#5,213
1998	19	#5,359
1997	15	#6,158
1996	18	#5,275
1995	17	#5,434
1994	21	#4,682
1993	18	#5,200
1992	11	#7,504
1991	16	#5,653
1990	7	#10,187
1989	20	#4,516
1988	19	#4,491
1987	19	#4,280
1986	12	#5,754
1985	10	#6,455
1984	20	#3,873
1983	25	#3,241
1982	20	#3,897
1981	18	#4,161
1980	16	#4,516
1979	32	#2,724
1978	24	#3,196
1977	18	#3,910
1976	15	#4,152
1975	25	#2,881
1974	21	#3,212
1973	29	#2,506
1972	22	#2,976
1971	25	#2,801
1970	20	#3,208
1969	27	#2,515
1968	31	#2,164
1967	32	#2,079
1966	32	#2,057
1965	40	#1,801
1964	45	#1,731
1963	64	#1,392
1962	76	#1,266
1961	74	#1,287
1960	91	#1,137
1959	83	#1,164
1958	90	#1,111
1957	132	#886
1956	173	#732
1955	116	#912
1954	79	#1,107
1953	26	#2,016
1952	34	#1,679
1951	22	#2,115
1950	29	#1,763
1949	20	#2,211
1948	34	#1,597
1947	29	#1,789
1946	20	#2,093
1945	21	#1,824
1944	17	#2,095
1943	22	#1,833
1942	18	#2,045
1941	7	#3,557
1940	7	#3,501
1939	0	–
1938	7	#3,448
1937	11	#2,569
1936	0	–
1935	5	#4,202
1934	9	#2,922
1933	0	–
1932	5	#4,409
1931	0	–
1930	0	–
1929	5	#4,568
1928	0	–
1927	6	#4,284

Names like Jaye

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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