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

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

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2008

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2008, ranging from #701 to #5545.19961999200220052008#701#5545
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1996#703
1997#926
1998#701
1999#900
2000#930
2001#1025
2002#1066
2003#1472
2004#2530
2005#1934
2006#5061
2007#2895
2008#5545

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 Republic of Ireland in 35 of the 38 years from 1988 to 2025.

In 2025: #309 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #650 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1975–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1975

    First recorded at #100 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    New South Wales, Australia · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1997–2024

    Highest recorded position: #33 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 1997–2024).

    Northern Ireland · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #650 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Jay'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesmale#65056HighVerified
2024England and Walesmale#50078HighVerified
2023England and Walesmale#49480HighVerified
2022England and Walesmale#45389HighVerified
2021England and Walesmale#47784HighVerified
2020England and Walesmale#381112HighVerified
2019England and Walesmale#339133HighVerified
2018England and Walesmale#335137HighVerified
2017England and Walesmale#275189HighVerified
2016England and Walesmale#249215HighVerified
2015England and Walesmale#235237HighVerified
2014England and Walesmale#199285HighVerified
2013England and Walesmale#202276HighVerified
2012England and Walesmale#140438HighVerified
2011England and Walesmale#126500HighVerified
2010England and Walesmale#117531HighVerified
2009England and Walesmale#102620HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#55453HighVerified
2008England and Walesmale#96687HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#28957HighVerified
2007England and Walesmale#95674HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#50613HighVerified
2006England and Walesmale#90756HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#193411HighVerified
2005England and Walesmale#81820HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#25307HighVerified
2004England and Walesmale#67947HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#147214HighVerified
2003England and Walesmale#65929HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#106620HighVerified
2002England and Walesmale#62971HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#102520HighVerified
2001England and Walesmale#59983HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#93023HighVerified
2000England and Walesmale#63893HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#90024HighVerified
1999England and Walesmale#65890HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#70134HighVerified
1998England and Walesmale#79754HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#92623HighVerified
1997England and Walesmale#84691HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#70333HighVerified
1996England and Walesmale#89639HighVerified
1996New South Wales, Australiamale#9690InsufficientNot yet available
1995New South Wales, Australiamale#9982InsufficientNot yet available
1994New South Wales, Australiamale#9881InsufficientNot yet available
1992New South Wales, Australiamale#9986InsufficientNot yet available
1991New South Wales, Australiamale#8892InsufficientNot yet available
1990New South Wales, Australiamale#9382InsufficientNot yet available
1988New South Wales, Australiamale#9577InsufficientNot yet available
1987New South Wales, Australiamale#82102InsufficientNot yet available
1986New South Wales, Australiamale#8092InsufficientNot yet available
1985New South Wales, Australiamale#7697InsufficientNot yet available
1984New South Wales, Australiamale#76104InsufficientNot yet available
1983New South Wales, Australiamale#73107InsufficientNot yet available
1982New South Wales, Australiamale#69109InsufficientNot yet available
1981New South Wales, Australiamale#71119InsufficientNot yet available
1980New South Wales, Australiamale#71108InsufficientNot yet available
1979New South Wales, Australiamale#8295InsufficientNot yet available
1978New South Wales, Australiamale#8687InsufficientNot yet available
1975New South Wales, Australiamale#10064InsufficientNot yet available
2024Northern Irelandmale#3055HighVerified
2023Northern Irelandmale#2497HighVerified
2022Northern Irelandmale#17712HighVerified
2021Northern Irelandmale#19212HighVerified
2020Northern Irelandmale#18012HighVerified
2019Northern Irelandmale#13818HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandmale#12819HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandmale#12023HighVerified
2016Northern Irelandmale#9832HighVerified
2015Northern Irelandmale#10229HighVerified
2014Northern Irelandmale#9633HighVerified
2013Northern Irelandmale#6249HighVerified
2012Northern Irelandmale#8538HighVerified
2011Northern Irelandmale#4770HighVerified
2010Northern Irelandmale#5068HighVerified
2009Northern Irelandmale#3388HighVerified
2008Northern Irelandmale#3490HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandmale#3877HighVerified
2006Northern Irelandmale#5062HighVerified
2005Northern Irelandmale#4962HighVerified
2004Northern Irelandmale#5060HighVerified
2003Northern Irelandmale#4865HighVerified
2002Northern Irelandmale#6742HighVerified
2001Northern Irelandmale#7438HighVerified
2000Northern Irelandmale#10124HighVerified
1999Northern Irelandmale#9727HighVerified
1998Northern Irelandmale#11718HighVerified
1997Northern Irelandmale#14312HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandmale#30914HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandmale#28714HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandmale#24318HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandmale#25119HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandmale#25718HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandmale#25019HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandmale#29515HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandmale#24720HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandmale#20328HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandmale#23721HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandmale#14544HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandmale#17535HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandmale#15242HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandmale#14847HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandmale#14947HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandmale#15645HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandmale#13353HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandmale#13456HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandmale#15240HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandmale#17327HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandmale#20318HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandmale#16324HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandmale#16224HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandmale#15924HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandmale#16519HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandmale#16819HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandmale#2149HighVerified
1998Republic of Irelandmale#2426HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandmale#3374HighVerified
1996Republic of Irelandmale#3364HighVerified
1995Republic of Irelandmale#3343HighVerified
1994Republic of Irelandmale#3423HighVerified
1993Republic of Irelandmale#3024HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandmale#3073HighVerified
1988Republic of Irelandmale#3193HighVerified
2024Scotlandmale#27814HighVerified

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

Where Jay is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Jay, between 1975 and 2025, in 49 of those 51 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

New South Wales, Austra…New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1975New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1978New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1979New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1980New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1981New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1982New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1983New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1984New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1985New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1986New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1987New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1988New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1990New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1991New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1992New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1994New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1995New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1996New South Wales, Australia: highest position in 1982Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1988Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1993Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1994Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1995Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1996Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1998Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 2009England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2001Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 1997Northern Ireland: recorded in 1998Northern Ireland: recorded in 1999Northern Ireland: recorded in 2000Northern Ireland: recorded in 2001Northern Ireland: recorded in 2002Northern Ireland: recorded in 2003Northern Ireland: recorded in 2004Northern Ireland: recorded in 2005Northern Ireland: recorded in 2006Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2008Northern Ireland: recorded in 2009Northern Ireland: recorded in 2010Northern Ireland: recorded in 2011Northern Ireland: recorded in 2012Northern Ireland: recorded in 2013Northern Ireland: recorded in 2014Northern Ireland: recorded in 2015Northern Ireland: recorded in 2016Northern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: recorded in 2019Northern Ireland: recorded in 2020Northern Ireland: recorded in 2021Northern Ireland: recorded in 2022Northern Ireland: recorded in 2023Northern Ireland: recorded in 2024Northern Ireland: highest position in 2009ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419752025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
New South Wales, Australia1975–199618#69 in 1982
Republic of Ireland1988–202535#133 in 2009
England and Wales1996–202530#59 in 2001
Northern Ireland1997–202428#33 in 2009
Scotland20241#278 in 2024

Its high point came 42 years earlier in New South Wales, Australia (1982) than in Scotland (2024).

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What is known about Jay

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
5 official registrars, 1975–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 5 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in Northern Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.