Jai

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jai: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jai: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #87 in 2005, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
73times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#87highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2738
1998	#2165
1999	#1805
2000	#1058
2001	#1439
2002	#1928
2003	#2191
2004	#2802
2005	#3382
2006	#3116
2007	#4294
2008	#3397
2009	#4564
2011	#4049
2013	#5742
2014	#4684
2019	#5591
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2021: #433 among boys in Northern Ireland, #751 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2008
Highest recorded position: #87 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2005 (recorded 2001–2008).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jai appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,719 births with the name.

Jai across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jai's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#369 (1996)	#246 (2004)	#945 (2024)	29 of 29	2,719 (1996–2024)	160 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1058 (2000)	#5687 (2023)	19 of 28	124 (1996–2023)	19 (2000)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#500 (2003)	#500 (2003)	#829 (2025)	7 of 23	24 (2003–2025)	4 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (2000)	#191 (2011)	#433 (2021)	11 of 22	48 (2000–2021)	11 (2011)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#89 (2001)	#87 (2005)	#90 (2008)	7 of 8	719 (2001–2008)	112 (2008)

Jai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jai in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	323	4 of 10	81
2000sbusiest	1,217	10 of 10	122
2010s	983	10 of 10	98
2020s	196	5 of 10	39

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 122 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births fell by 31, from 106 to 75.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jai appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #87 in New South Wales, Australia in 2005.

Jai's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#945	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#672	52	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#901	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#751	45	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#898	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#707	47	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#643	55	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#606	60	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#459	88	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#518	75	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#388	106	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#369	110	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#328	136	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#277	160	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#305	146	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#340	116	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#306	132	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#322	116	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#274	133	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#270	120	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#246	134	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#258	119	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#247	118	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#247	115	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1058	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#250	114	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#266	106	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#312	81	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#318	76	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#369	60	High	Verified
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#191	11	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #87, first reached in 2005.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 160 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Jaia · #1996, 14y
Jaida · #868, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Heath · #87, 31y
Breanna · #88, 29y
Nikki · #88, 34y
Robbie · #86, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kye · #87, 29y
Breanna · #88, 29y
Enzo · #88, 30y
Hope · #88, 33y

Jai was ranked #87 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2005. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jai and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jai without appearing here.

Jai moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3397 and #5545.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4049 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #5691.
Martine Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #4764.
Rian Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2165 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1805 and #2444.

Moved ahead of Jai

Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1928 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2460.
Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3382 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #1741.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3116 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4564 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #2636.

Moved the opposite way to Jai

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jai went from #369 to #945 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jai went from #369 to #945 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jai went from #369 to #945 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jai went from #369 to #945 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Jai

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jai went from #369 to #945 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jai went from #369 to #945 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jai went from #369 to #945 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jai went from #369 to #945 and Alexander from #14 to #36.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #87 in New South Wales, Australia in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jai

Jai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jai across 5 official records

Jai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jai appears in

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Jai across 5 official records

Jai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Jai moved ahead of

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