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Jay
OriginLatin
Meaning"jaybird"
About Jay
While Jay has been long used as a stand-alone boy name, it has more recently been used as one for girls. Otherwise, it has largely been seen as a pet form of any J name, or as a singular middle name.
As of October 2026, Jay ranked #10452 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1205 in 1926.
Editor's take: The name Jay is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "jaybird".
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Famous Jays
- Justice Jay "JJ" Ackles
daughter of actors Jensen and Danneel Ackles
- Johannah "Jay" Deakin
mother of Louis Tomlinson from One Direction
- Mary Joan "Jay" DeFeo
American artist associated with the Beat generation
- Jay Newton
Small, Washington correspondent for Time Magazine
Jay in pop culture
- Jaye
protagonist of the TV series "Wonderfalls," inspired by the story of Joan of Arc
- Jay Height
main character in movie “It Follows”
Jay in blog posts
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