Jay
Top 1000
On Nameberry
About Jay
Variation of James
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #371 | 849 | 442 |
| 2015 | #393 | 806 | 420.5 |
| 2016 | #394 | 815 | 429.5 |
| 2017 | #382 | 859 | 464.1 |
| 2018 | #398 | 799 | 439.9 |
| 2019 | #374 | 847 | 472.1 |
| 2020 | #381 | 807 | 467.5 |
| 2021 | #376 | 864 | 493.9 |
| 2022 | #367 | 897 | 513.7 |
| 2023 | #381 | 835 | 488.1 |
| 2024 | #396 | 819 | 475.4 |
| 2025 | #392 | 809 | 473.6 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Famous Jays
- James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno
American talk show host and comedian
- Finley Jay Lanning
son of Youtubers Bryan & Missy Lanning
- Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel
Canadian actor
- Jay Sean (born Kamaljit Singh Jhooti)
British singer/rapper
- Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison)
American songwriter
- Jay Asher
American novelist
- Javier Manuel "Jay" Hernandez
American actor
- Jay Christopher Cutler
American NFL player
- Jay Z
stage name of Shawn Corey Carter, American rapper
- Jay Pharaoh
stage name of Jared Antonio Farrow, American actor/comedian
- James S. "Jay" Huguley
American actor
- Jay McGuiness
British singer and dancer
- Jay Chou
Taiwanese singer,songwriter, actor
- Jay Park
Korean,American singer, rapper, entrepreneur
- Jay Nicky Byrne
twin son of Westlife singer Nicky Byrne
- Aaron Jay Hanley
son of Michelle Heaton & Hugh Hanley
- Jay Farrar (b. 1966)
musician and founder of alternative country bands Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo
- John Jay
American revolutionary
- Jay B
aka PhineasBg (b. 1971) American Star Trek fan in the State of Georgia, creator of The Captain Kirk Page website, www.thecaptainkirkpage.com
- Jay Adams
American skateboarder
- Jay Manuel
Canadian TV host, creative director, make-up artist, and author
- Jay Chandrasekhar
American comedian, film director, screenwriter, actor and editor
- Jay Hayden
American actor
- Jay Jongseong Park
South Korean singer, songwriter, and producer from Seattle; member of Kpop boy-band Enhypen
Jay in pop culture
- Jay Gatsby (born James Gatz)
main character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"
- Jay Pritchett
character on TV's "Modern Family"
- Jason "Jay" Walker aka Blue Ninja
character in animated series "Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu"
- Jay "Chef" Hicks
character in the movie "Apocalypse Now"
- Jay Clemens
character in TV series "Rita Rocks"
- Jay
character in movie "Knocked Up," played by Jay Baruchel
- Jay Kepler
character in TV movie "16 Wishes"
- Jay Smouse
character in Adventures in Odyssey
- Jay Halstead
character in TV's "Chicago P.D."
- Jay
son of Jafar in Disney's Descendants
- Jay Garrick aka The Flash
character on TV's "The Flash"
- Jayfeather "Jay"
character in Erin Hunter's book series "Warriors"
- Jay Merrick
main character in the webseries "Marble Hornets"
- Homer Jay Simpson
main character on animated series "The Simpsons"
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character played by Jason Mewes in the "Jay and Silent Bob" Movies
- Jay Riva
character in Taylor Jenkins Reid's "Malibu Rising"
- Jay Cartwright
character in the British comedy series "The Inbetweeners"
- Jay Fortune
Character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital"
