Jay-Jay

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jay-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.

Jay-Jay: Recorded since 1996, it reached #841 in 2004, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#841highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2337
1998	#1642
2001	#3134
2002	#2254
2003	#1513
2004	#841
2005	#1095
2006	#2087
2007	#1506
2008	#1511
2009	#2126
2010	#1483
2011	#1158
2012	#1430
2013	#2055
2014	#1630
2015	#1902
2016	#1187
2017	#1289
2018	#1455
2019	#1986
2020	#1825
2021	#1250
2022	#1692
2023	#2546
2024	#2088

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #841 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jay-Jay 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 Jay-Jay in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	107	9 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	162	10 of 10	16
2020s	66	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Jay-Jay appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #841 in England and Wales in 2004.

Jay-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.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1250	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1187	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1095	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#841	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #841, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 200425 to 49 births →

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

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Anis · #841, 29y
Varun · #841, 29y
Anees · #840, 25y
Fatema · #840, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anis · #841, 29y
Avni · #841, 29y
Varun · #841, 29y
Abigaile · #842, 13y

Jay-Jay was ranked #841 in England and Wales · Boys in 2004. 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.

Jay-Jay 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 Jay-Jay without appearing here.

Jay-Jay moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Robyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.
Nils Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2126 and #1859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #3332.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #3688.

Moved ahead of Jay-Jay

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1461.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1250 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1692 and #1224.
Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1158 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1430 and #1086.

Moved the opposite way to Jay-Jay

Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jay-Jay went from #841 to #2088 while Rune went from #3651 to #1460.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #841 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jay-Jay

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jay-Jay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Jay-Jay at a glance

Jay-Jay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Jay-Jay

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Jay-Jay moved ahead of

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