Jaye
Jaye is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 734th, in 1956.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1956173 births
- Best rank
- #734in 1956
- Since 1927
- 3,561people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,455 girls have been named Jaye in the United States since 1927, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 173 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1950s alone account for 32%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Jaye is used for both sexes: 31% of its bearers are boys (1,106), most of them born around 1959.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jaye | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | |
| 1930s | 37 | |
| 1940s | 195 | |
| 1950s | 784 | |
| 1960s | 512 | |
| 1970s | 231 | |
| 1980s | 179 | |
| 1990s | 162 | |
| 2000s | 137 | |
| 2010s | 156 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1956, its biggest year
Jaye was the 734th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1956 were Mary, Debra, Linda, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1956.
Names that rose and fell with Jaye
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cyndypeak 1958
- Cynthiapeak 1957
- Vickypeak 1957
- Melodeepeak 1956
- Melodiepeak 1956
- Cherylannpeak 1958
- Cindypeak 1957
- Teenapeak 1956
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.