Jiayi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jyah-EE
- Origin
- Chinese
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Jiayi is a boys' name of Chinese origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Jiayi mean?
Chinese: Mandarin given name; meaning depends on the characters
The meaning depends on the characters; common choices are jia 'fine, excellent' and yi 'joyful' or 'resolute'.
Is Jiayi a girl's or a boy's name?
Jiayi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jiayi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 3 boys.
Jiayi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
How popular is Jiayi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Jiayi, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Jiayi than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Jiayi in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jiayi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
Names like Jiayi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loki, Tai, Yug, Rumi, Minh, Shko, Yitzchok, Kairo, Yoan, Guto, Taio, Mika
Names related to Jiayi
More Chinese names
Lian, Mei, Tian, Jun, Mulan, Yi, Tao, San, Jian, Han, Mian, Bao, Xia, Lin, Yichen, Ming
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, “Jiayi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jiayi, updated 20 October 2026.