Jai
About Jai
Pronounced like Jay, this short name is popular in South Asia and makes for a great English-South Asian crossover choice, used regularly in the UK and Australia. It can also be an alternate spelling of the English name Jay, either short for a J name or deriving from the name of the bird.
Famous bearers include Tamil-language actor Jai Sampath, Australian actor Jai Courtney, and American actor and musician Jai Rodriguez.
Pronounced JAY.
As of October 2026, Jai ranked #1460 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1016 in 2014.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,016 | 201 | 104.6 |
| 2015 | #1,226 | 150 | 78.3 |
| 2016 | #1,292 | 141 | 74.3 |
| 2017 | #1,326 | 136 | 73.5 |
| 2018 | #1,242 | 149 | 82 |
| 2019 | #1,170 | 166 | 92.5 |
| 2020 | #1,190 | 162 | 93.9 |
| 2021 | #1,189 | 165 | 94.3 |
| 2022 | #1,221 | 161 | 92.2 |
| 2023 | #1,207 | 165 | 96.5 |
| 2024 | #1,307 | 149 | 86.5 |
| 2025 | #1,460 | 122 | 71.4 |
World rankings
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Jai on lists
Famous Jais
- Jai Stephen Courtney
Australian actor
- Jaidon Domenic Matthew "Jai" Brooks
Australian comedian of YouTube group The Janoskians
- Jai Waetford
Australian singer
- Jai Koutrae
Australian actor
- Jai Sampath
Indian Tamil film actor
- Jai aka Jason Rowe
English pop,soul singer
- Jai McDowall
Scottish singer
- (David) Jai Rodriguez
American TV personality and actor
- Jai Desmond Taurima
Australian long jumper
- Jai Powell Lucas
American basketball player
- Michael Jai White
American actor
- Jai Rodriguez (b. 2006)
son of singer Sie7e
- Jai Blue Wallace (b. 2012)
son of actress Daya Vivian Vaidya
- Jai Mays
son of NFL player Joe Mays
- Jai Field
son of actress Kate Garven and Ben Field
Jai in pop culture
- Jai Wilcox
character on TV's "Covert Affairs"
- Jai
sidekick to Ron Ely's Tarzan movie character
- Jai alai
Latin American sport